Important tips to note when considering switching career path.

[Marcellin9]

My first tip is consider your current situation and condition. For example, are you married or not? If you are married, especially if you already have children, I would prefer to work or have a career in a company or factory that pays you a high salary even though it is not your passion. Because life is getting day by day, the demands will also increase.

However, if you are still single and less than 25 years old, there is still plenty of time to dig deeper into the potential of the profession you like. For example: programmers, designers, photography, art, services such as mechanics, gardening, or whatever you like and it can still be developed. Because the demands in this era are getting higher and all prices are not cheap. If you are more concerned with your passion and want to start by now but you already have your own family, then that's the wrong choice. The right choice for someone who is already married is a high salary.

indeed! the consideration depend on your current financial needs. maybe if you are alone or no one is depending on you financially, it is easy to decide on this matter. however, if other people are relying on you, you need to consider their needs and not your desire in life. once you are financially stable, that's when you can think of your life long career. where you want to be for the rest of your life even if the pay is not that much.

Or there is 1 more solution, for example we already have a wife and children, when we decide to re-focus on 1 profession that we want or that is our passion, then there is 1 condition. That is:
We have large savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions of dollars from our previous business or job as accommodation for our lives for 1 year. With that, even though we are currently focusing on learning the profession that is our passion, our family's needs can still be met. but if you don't have enough savings, then do whatever job the most important is the high salary.

Well, even if you have enough savings, being highly paid is also one of the primary reasons we switch a career path. I am personally in this position now and know why. See, large savings is truly a blessing for every owner and this can be used for any emergencies or unforseen financial issues. However, having this money won't help you stop thinking abot high salary when confronted with a new career. There is a subtle competition inside that if I cannot make more money with a bigger sense of achievement, we see ourselves a loser. Others may not think so but as we grow older and with everything we already owned, nothing is comparable than our own recognition. In a word, we've passed the stage when we have to prove to the world and we become more aware of our self-recognition. The high salary from the new career is just a figure but still very important to our satisfaction. I hope this counts.

[xSkylarx]

I am already at the point in my job where I ain't happy anymore, and trust me, it's suffocating. I thought at first I would love this job, but later on I realized that I can't now. I don't have any advice for you, but what I would say is that you should find the job you love, no matter what the salary, because it will affect you in the long run, which means you'll resign or be emotionally drained. Right now, I am really planning to pursue my career that I love, but I should take into consideration that I have a family to feed.

[Mr.suevie]

Well leaving a job that pays higher to one thats pays lower is quite base on the nature of the type of job and also the employees who is involved in it. You can decide to leave where they are paying you more for reason that best suits you, maybe the nature of job isnt just for you and you are just forcing yourself to do it cause of the payrate but you will eventually get tired and stressed because you are working in area that suit your profession. So its best to work where you are free and convenient enough with less pay than working just for the money.

[fuguebtc]

I am already at the point in my job where I ain't happy anymore, and trust me, it's suffocating. I thought at first I would love this job, but later on I realized that I can't now. I don't have any advice for you, but what I would say is that you should find the job you love, no matter what the salary, because it will affect you in the long run, which means you'll resign or be emotionally drained. Right now, I am really planning to pursue my career that I love, but I should take into consideration that I have a family to feed.

In this case, I will choose family, I am also doing a job that I don't love, but it gives me a high enough income to take care of my family. We are all grown up, so we are responsible for the family, don't be selfish just because of yourself, but forget the family. Being able to do what you love is everyone's dream, but if I had to choose, the future for my children and my passion, I would choose the future for them. In some cases, we live our lives not because we are passionate, but because we are responsible.

[Hypnosis00]

There are several reasons why a person could think about leaving their job for another.
 1, salary - it is very common to someone would take a bigger offer, especially this time when inflation gets worse
 2, environment - working together in toxic environments seems not healthy and could make you unproductive, and leaving them seems the best option
 3, Distance - if we already have a family, living far away is not easy. If we have the option to work near them, I think we should take that even though the salary is not really competitive enough compared to our previous job.

[Mauser]

How did you cope with the change that accompanies such transition of leaving a newly learned skill/job/career for an old one that you probably never explored deeply or earned significant cash returns from, but found fulfilment in?
What are some important tips to put into consideration before leaving one career path for the other?

From some who switched career path already twice in his life I can give a few tips and insights myself. The first one is that a degree from university only really matters for landing your first job. Once you have several years of working experience and can show some of your projects you worked on nobody is going to ask what you learned in university. As long as you have a degree it will show that you are willing to put in the time and effort to learn something. When switching career paths it's all about learning something new, and maybe you already have some courses you took in the evenings that gave you knowledge about the new field. Another great tip I can give you is to keep in touch with your old colleagues and bosses. I did a few internships during university and used to meet my former bosses did lunch once every several months. This helped me to keep up to date what was happening in the area and I already had contacts when I wanted to switch my field of work. This should really be thought through well before making any life changing decision.

[jaberwock]

There are numerous factors to consider before switching jobs, but the most important factor that people consider is the high pay they will receive from the new job. I don't blame people who do this for any reason. Money is required to live a comfortable and healthy lifestyle; otherwise, it is not possible.

As for me, if I'm considering leaving my current job for another, the most important factor will be the security of my life and property; high pay and job security will come second. Because where there is life, there is hope, but anything that puts your life in danger is not worth settling for in the end.

I think a high salary is still not the most consider thing of the people because I already saw or knew a lot of people who declined a job with a good salary. They have different alibis like the location of the job is too far and then the scope of the job is too hard but I think a tiny people will risk all of that for a good pay.

These type of people values money the most but they aren't only doing it for themselves so I won't judge them too quick. They also do it for the sake for their own family to give them a better life. Life is unexpected. We might be living in a comfortable life right now with a decent job but we shouldn't be confident. It's always better to have some savings with us, in the event we have a problem with our job or life.

[so98nn]

Oh this is something interesting. Actually answer to this question changes as per the field of work too. Most of the IT Guys can survive without much of efforts. For instance there are my friends who are doing the same work since many years but they are doing the same thing over again and again and not even switching because their current employer is already fulfilling their expectation. So no fear for such guys.

In my case for example, it’s science based work in the laboratory. We can’t keep doing same thing over and over again because it’s research based job and experiments cant be repeated again for every batch. Plus it’s methods that keeps changing all the time so we have to have reading, adopting, learning new things.

So just switching isn’t enough in our case. I believe it’s all about the field of work too.

[irhact]

How did you cope with the change that accompanies such transition of leaving a newly learned skill/job/career for an old one that you probably never explored deeply or earned significant cash returns from, but found fulfilment in?
What are some important tips to put into consideration before leaving one career path for the other?

My tip is to do what makes you happy, if that previous skill, job or career was making you happy then go back to it and do it even though the pay is lower than your current Job. You have little time to life on this planet so you shouldn't spend that time doing a job that you'll complain about daily before you go to work. You should be happy and excited to do you job. One of the reason this world has turned to what it is today is because people aren't doing what they love to do so they spend the rest of their days miserable.

When you're happy with your job, you'll wake up every morning with a good mood and that affects every other aspects of your day. If the pay is low then lower your standards of living. You must not drive that new porche today. Take the bus or buy a smaller car and move to a smaller apartment. Luxury isn't what life is all about.

[purinZ14]

Not a lot of people has the privilege of choosing their passion over money. Especially when these people have a family to support. Even without a spouse and children, some people support their parents and siblings still. If this is the case, the best realistic thing to do is to work for the bigger salary company until you think you’re set and then switch to your passion. Of course this won’t be easy as you will be sacrificing years of your life mentally and physically tired. I do think there’s more to life than money but it’s difficult to see what is out there when you can’t afford even a basic meal.

[maxreish]

It is always best not to settle for only one source of income, or should I say think of other jobs so you won't be switching career anymore. I mean , if you are happy doing your professional skills with less salary the fact that you are happy with what you are doing , then find other sideline jobs for your additional income. As simple as that, its how the way we want our life not to choose a complicated situation when in fact, there are other ways to make it a resourceful one.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Sometimes a highly-paid job completely takes away your entire personal life; a person turns into a robot who has only 8–9 hours of sleep, and the next day becomes a "groundhog day" that does not bring anything new.
So it was with me. My boss was interested in sales, and he paid well, but the money earned did not bring joy because I understood that I was turning into a robot. Very often, people have moments when they feel that they are "burning out" at work. It has been observed that a person feels better and is most productive if he changes jobs every seven years. It is important to get out of your comfort zone. I made it, and now I have time for education, for pursuing another, completely different specialty that had piqued my interest since I was a child, but for which there were no funds to begin. 

[Fesatmas]

We must consider this matter carefully. At first glance, I'm sure everyone wants a high salary in their job, so we don't have to be naive about that because indeed we are also under pressure to fulfill our needs in life. But we also have to think about the career path in the work we do. I will give an example, I would prefer a job that has a small salary but a clear career path, compared to a job that has a big salary but we are just stuck at that point. I will be more challenged because it will be seen from the effort we do ourselves, the salary will increase when we reach a certain point and it depends on the effort we put in.

[Synchronice]

A time may come when questions will begin to sterm from the thoughts about ones commitment to earn big paychecks rather than the fulfilment gotten while doing the work one loves and hopes to earn from.

Have you ever been in a situation where you had an opportunity to leave a skill/job/career that pays less for one with higher pay, then sometime in the future, you had to leave the higher paying job for the skill/career you once had but with little pay?

Yes, I think that tech industry will dominate the market in future, especially when the aim of companies is to replace humans with AI's and implement automation as much as possible. I don't want to be an average person, while I don't have a big budget either. So, if I want to be on higher positions in near future, I think it will be better for me to become more techy and learn programming languages asap! My specialty is Finances and it will be twice more beneficial if I merge it with programming languages.

Perhaps, reasons ranging from the stress level being a concern for your health, or other better reasons than this suffices.
You know that lifestyle and location of residency may become affected, including volatility of bills and fear of insecurity.
 
How did you cope with the change that accompanies such transition of leaving a newly learned skill/job/career for an old one that you probably never explored deeply or earned significant cash returns from, but found fulfilment in?
What are some important tips to put into consideration before leaving one career path for the other?

Forget stress, we aren't kids anymore. You have to adapt, change your mentality, push yourself harder every day. Workout man, believe me it will help you in your life. When you have a good body, you have more confidence in absolutely everything.
I'll finish this post with golden words: Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better!

[DanWalker]

How did you cope with the change that accompanies such transition of leaving a newly learned skill/job/career for an old one that you probably never explored deeply or earned significant cash returns from, but found fulfilment in?
What are some important tips to put into consideration before leaving one career path for the other?

My tip is to do what makes you happy, if that previous skill, job or career was making you happy then go back to it and do it even though the pay is lower than your current Job. You have little time to life on this planet so you shouldn't spend that time doing a job that you'll complain about daily before you go to work. You should be happy and excited to do you job. One of the reason this world has turned to what it is today is because people aren't doing what they love to do so they spend the rest of their days miserable.

When you're happy with your job, you'll wake up every morning with a good mood and that affects every other aspects of your day. If the pay is low then lower your standards of living. You must not drive that new porche today. Take the bus or buy a smaller car and move to a smaller apartment. Luxury isn't what life is all about.

That sounds very reasonable if you're single and don't need to care for other people. But if you have a family, your children need to go to school, and need to be equal to friends, then we need the opposite choice. When you have a family, your happiness is not in pursuing your passion or doing what you like, but your children are living fully, and you will be happy. I will choose a high paying job even though I don't like it at all, as long as I have a lot of money to take care of my children well, I will sacrifice everything for a man's happiness is the family.

[Yatsan]

Best thing to consider is whether it would be worthy ofdoing so. Changing one's career path is just okay as long as you are seeking for a betterment. But if it won't be, and your reason is just to ease things down, well most of the time it won't be advisable. You'll need more time to adopt with the new field and sometimes money. The latter part would be the crucial 'coz if you will get nothing from doing so, it will just be a waste of time. You may also consider staying at your current career and add another one if it would be still possible, just to balance things out. Keep in mind that your actions will reflect to your future so be careful.