Studies/Career

[PristineSkies]

Two separate questions, please answer them separately, I need opinions.

1) What do you think is the age upto which one can continue studying for career betterment?
2) What according to you is the maximum age for a career change?

 

[welshman]

To be honest...there are no real right and wrong answers to this. Studying and education is all well and good, but at some time in your life...you need to stop studying and turn your main focus to work and employment.

That does not mean you cannot study any longer...just that your focus should then be on whatever career you choose. Education and learning is a process that continues through life

As for a career change...again, I would say there is no hard and fast, black and white answer. All I tell my pupils is to do what makes them happy for a career. It doesn't matter how much money you earn, what qualifications you can wave in someones face...do what makes you happy...and never, ever let anyone look down on you for it

 

[Tamara224]

Two separate questions, please answer them separately, I need opinions.

1) What do you think is the age upto which one can continue studying for career betterment?

120

2) What according to you is the maximum age for a career change?

120

 

[deliciousBass]

1) What do you think is the age upto which one can continue studying for career betterment?

∞ (infinite)

2) What according to you is the maximum age for a career change? This really all depends. There is no maximum age but to me the real question is is it worth it to change careers considering my age? If you are serious about it then you should do a cost/benefit analysis and see if it's really worth it to change careers.

 

[AlexeiKaramazov]

1. You can do this at any age, though if you wait too long it probably won't be able to help you very much since your career might only last a couple of years beyond the point when you achieved your education. I'm 27, but there is a 61-year-old in my MBA program, so the age range is pretty wide.

2. It's never too late for a career change, even if it doesn't last very long.

 

[WileyCoyote]

There IS no maximum age for either.

There. Killed two birds with one stone.

 

[Wren]

I agree with everyone else. There really is no set age limit. I'm 30 years old and an undergrad in my junior year. I may get my master's, but I'm not sure.

Around here there are plenty of people as old as their 60s who are going back to school and changing careers because several mills and factories have closed, with educational expenses part of the severance package.

 

[Radagast]

1) What do you think is the age upto which one can continue studying for career betterment?

No limit. I've taught 60-year-old college students, and they did fine.

2) What according to you is the maximum age for a career change?

No limit. I'm thinking of the photographic pioneer who, aged about 80, heard about photographs for the first time, made her own camera, and taught herself to use it...

 

[ChristianCritic]

Two separate questions, please answer them separately, I need opinions.

1) What do you think is the age upto which one can continue studying for career betterment?
2) What according to you is the maximum age for a career change?

The conventional wisdom is that education is always worth it. But that mentality is being seriously questioned by many in my generation, who are saddled with tons of student loans which they used to pay for college, graduate school, etc. While it's impossible to quantify and predict everything, you need to do a long-term cost-benefit analysis when deciding whether school is worth it. If you're thinking about studying more in order to get a higher salary, you need to look at how much more per year you're likely to make and for how many years (before you retire) and balance that against not the money you're borrowing but the total amount of money you will eventually have to pay back taking interest rate into account. If you're thinking about studying more in order to get a job you like more, you need to consider how much more you would like that job, and balance that against what you could buy with that money. You might think you want to go for it, that you want to get that advanced degree in order to get a better job, but with the high expense of tuition nowadays, you could buy a house with that money. What would you rather have? Another thing you need to consider is that while you're in school, you'll be on a shoe-string budget and it will be difficult to impossible to support a family.

 

[PristineSkies]

I am a bit surprised after hearing about people pursuing their studies at the age of 60. I wonder if the industry accepts people who are of this age unless they intend to work independently or are studying/learning something just for their passion.
As for me I am working and studying for further development as well. Although I like to learn and study new things (even if it is not for career development), I have observed that most of the people in similar age group (24-30) start getting tired of studying new stuff and want to settle down in whatever field they are.
I personally think that there is no age limit to learning new things, but usually there is a point beyond which you cannot enter a particular field as a fresher, it depends on which field it is and perhaps the luck too.

 

[Inkachu]

I don't think there is an age limit. I know people in their 60's and 70's who are still working and have gone back to college to further their educations. As long as you're able and have the desire, there's no age limit.

 

[Wren]

I am a bit surprised after hearing about people pursuing their studies at the age of 60. I wonder if the industry accepts people who are of this age unless they intend to work independently or are studying/learning something just for their passion.
As for me I am working and studying for further development as well. Although I like to learn and study new things (even if it is not for career development), I have observed that most of the people in similar age group (24-30) start getting tired of studying new stuff and want to settle down in whatever field they are.
I personally think that there is no age limit to learning new things, but usually there is a point beyond which you cannot enter a particular field as a fresher, it depends on which field it is and perhaps the luck too.

Regarding the bolded. The people that age in my area may not be well received by employers (I'm not sure), but they don't have any choice other than to go back to school when factories and mills are closing and they don't have enough money to retire. But they will have some advantage of trying to begin a new career if they at least have additional education.

 

[HoosierCanuck]

Regarding the bolded. The people that age in my area may not be well received by employers (I'm not sure), but they don't have any choice other than to go back to school when factories and mills are closing and they don't have enough money to retire. But they will have some advantage of trying to begin a new career if they at least have additional education.

Ditto. A girl I work with's father lost his factory job around age 50. He went back to a community college to get some more education/training. He has since moved to another state but is doing fine in a different line of work. I think a sad thing about this day and age is that so many people who 'thought' they might live/work/retire in a certain job/community are finding out they have to move to pursue other interests just to survive.

 

[Blank123]

Two separate questions, please answer them separately, I need opinions.

1) What do you think is the age upto which one can continue studying for career betterment?
2) What according to you is the maximum age for a career change?

to both questions: right up until you decide its time to retire. and even then you can still choose a new line of work to earn a little extra money or get out of the house or whatever, where i work we actually get a lot of seniors in because its works great as a retirement job.

 

[CoachR64]

I don't think one should ever stop studying, learning, and trying to advance themselves. As a teacher, we are required to meet a minimum number of teacher development hours each year. We have to attend conferences, studies, clinics, etc... that are aimed at giving us the skills to improve our teaching.

I don't think there is a cap to changing careers either. In fact, I am looking into that right now. Nothing is firm or set in stone. And to be honest, it is a bit scary giving up a full time career to be a student again, but I just have to pray about it and see what is best for me at this time in my life.

Coach

 

[JonMiller]

I know quite a few people who start studying to get their PhD in their 40s/etc. And people who start when they are 21 don't normally become a prof until they are ~35... so pretty extremes are done.

JM

 

[septemberskies]

Two separate questions, please answer them separately, I need opinions.

1) What do you think is the age upto which one can continue studying for career betterment?
2) What according to you is the maximum age for a career change?

1. There is no limit I think. When I graduated with my bachelors there was a 80 year old man who was also apart of my graduating class. I have a friend in her 60s who received her bachelors last year.


2.There's no limit on that also.... as long as you're breathing and you can still move around you can do what you want!

 

[Tink]

1. At death.
2. At death.