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"Oh well, too late to go back now" I understand the regret, but it's only too late when you're dead. If you want to do it you can find a way.
by ZenoArrow 11y ago
"Oh well, too late to go back now"
I understand the regret, but it's only too late when you're dead. If you want to do it you can find a way.
- mindcrime 11y agoStrictly speaking, yes. On a more practical level, not really. As old as I am, if I started over now trying to learn a new field like that, I'd probably be ready to retire before I learned enough to be useful. Anyway, it's not that I dislike the path I'm on, it's just the occasional twinge of that feeling that I wish the stuff I was doing had a more direct impact on the world. OTOH, given the path I'm on, I still hope to help make the world a better place, and if we'e successful I think we'll have a chance at doing that, albeit in a different way.
- ZenoArrow 11y agoI understand, but what if what you were interested in learning was something you wanted to pursue even after your formal retirement? Wouldn't it make sense to switch earlier rather than later?