> I tried several times to change careers from IT but no one wanted to hire me
> for that very reason.  So I just gave up and kept going in IT until I lost my
> last IT job due to my car accident in February 2019 which I believe started
> the process that lead me to eventually become completely disabled.
 [...]
> My thing was that people were always afraid I was going to leave for another
> high-paying job (not that there's many of themn around here).  I used to make
> a point of telling the interviewer that I was in the process of changing
> careers but that always fell on deaf ears.  It became rather annoying.

Several years ago, I also tried to make a switch from IT to another
profession.  I ran into similar issues.  It only worked when I found a job
that was "something else, with IT knowledge."  I liked that while it
lasted (roughly 4 years) but, after a couple of upper management changes, I
have found myself shoe-horned back into doing mostly IT work in an IT
division.

Seems like once you get that mark, it is difficult to remove.    I am
planning to retire in a few years.  I will be young enough that I will
still want to work part-time.  I am hoping that I will not run into similar
issues as I did when trying to change full-time careers.


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