Complete career change: have you done it?

Recently laid off at sixty, not sure I’ve got the jam for another ‘career’ job. Going to shove my info in Chat GPT and get me a new resume, send it and and see what happens with that. Also surveying options for income soup, aka multiple streams of income. May add a CDL to my list of skills, could dust off my LMT shingle too.


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When I was working as a Ski Patrol Director my position was FT/YR. During to off months I did a lot of different things, drove a haul truck, ran equipment, built ski area related infrastructure. The Director of Development had me get certified as a SWPPP Administrator (Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan) as the company had about 8 Stormwater for Construction permits active and I inspected them and pushed the paperwork. I did that as a part of my duties for about 7 years. When our company was taken over I saw the opportunity to try and make that a business. The DOD stayed on with the new company and agreed to back my play as an independent contractor doing the same work. I established an LLC (Sole Proprietorship) and leveraging other connections I gradually built the client list. After 10 years I was invoicing &gt; $ 200K a year but it was a lot of work doing it solo. I encouraged another ex-patroller to do the same and sent her a lot of clients, I am in the process of getting another ex-patroller buddy set up doing the same things. Total niche business, needs to be in an area where building and development are balls to the wall. Now I am lurching towards retirement, that will probably look like writing Stormwater permits and having them handle the administration for one more year and then me getting out entirely. I am still astounded that it worked out as well as it has.

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I had kind of pieced together that you did something like that, but thats interesting to hear the details.&nbsp;</p>

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Recently laid off at sixty, not sure I&rsquo;ve got the jam for another &lsquo;career&rsquo; job. Going to shove my info in Chat GPT and get me a new resume, send it and and see what happens with that. Also surveying options for income soup, aka multiple streams of income. May add a CDL to my list of skills, could dust off my LMT shingle too. Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

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Round here bus drivers make $30+ an hr with great benefits and they&#39;ll pay for your CDL. Same goes for CDOT plow drivers, which would be even better w/o having to deal with people. Always thought that would be a good semi-retirement job. Especailly if you could do it part-time.

I was pretty done after 30 yrs so instead of finding another real job I found short term gigs with no responsibility that had nothing to do with computers. Fixing dry suits, Carpentry, hot shot, field research assistant, cut ski run for passes, finding something that gets me a deal on something I would pay for anyway was ideal, especialy if they were under the table. A guy payed me for a hot shot with a gas credit card I used for a year which was good for both of us cuz he could hide the $$$$ and I was gona buy gas anyway, at one point I was doing about 6 little jobs a year , some jobs would drop off and i find some new little jobs , I had been used to structure but 80% of things didnt happen so what I learned is the best strategy seemed to be say yes to everything and worry if I could do it later cuz most of it didnt happen

There are always other options are out there !

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I have a strong feeling that many people will be changing careers in the next 1-3 years. Software developers/engineers will be drastically cut and replaced with AI. So will Marketing, Legal, HR, Finance/Accounting. Just less and less need for as many bodies to perform general and administrative business duties. AI will be able to automate so much and easily. We're already there in some regards, but as soon as software services get better with their AI offerings, they'll have people completely replaced.

I was in utility IT (SCADA/GIS/CMMS) for years. Got sick computers and the grind of an office job. About 4 years ago at 55 I put in for retirement and was gong to take a sales/PM job with a software company, Remote work with some travel. Agency offered me a promotion to lead a large O&M group. While still at the utility, totally different job. Best thing that ever happened to me. Wish I would have pursued it years ago. I love it.

My advise to anyone is if you don't like what you're doing, do something else. T

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Round here bus drivers make $30+ an hr with great benefits and they'll pay for your CDL. Same goes for CDOT plow drivers, which would be even better w/o having to deal with people. Always thought that would be a good semi-retirement job. Especailly if you could do it part-time.

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That’s what I’m talking about, except for plowing snow on pow days.
A buddy of mine has an excavation biz here and never has enough dump truck drivers. I could easily make dump runs a couple days a week in the summer.

I’m going to work on plying my recent trade as a consultant, I hear you can charge more if it’s called consulting.


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I made business cards that said Als consulting I printed them on plain white paper using a template I found on line and then I cut them up a bit rough with scissors

a fancy looking card people toss but a cheesy looking card they will remember you its actualy better if they take a picture with the phone

So people would ask what i consult on to which i reply anything you want I am a guy with no job right

I’m going with Dr Shitfacts, sounds more expensive


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That&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;m talking about, except for plowing snow on pow days. A buddy of mine has an excavation biz here and never has enough dump truck drivers. I could easily make dump runs a couple days a week in the summer. I&rsquo;m going to work on plying my recent trade as a consultant, I hear you can charge more if it&rsquo;s called consulting. Sent from the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen

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My friends who are snow plow drivers for their own private companies all have snowmobiles. They are up at like 4am plowing, then go up to the pass to sled for a few hours after work on pow days. Excavation is a pretty good gig too for the summer. Get into some niche stuff like cranes would be cool. My buddies that own a few cranes are doing pretty well around here. They take a lot of time off in winter and work a lot in the summer. Biggest thing for them seems to be maintenance.
Strangely, I don&#39;t really get that hyped up for pow days anymore anyway. The BS of dealing with the masses, lines, and eager jerrys is just too much for me anymore. I&#39;m pretty happy getting the leftovers in the pm. Pow don&#39;t last as long as it used to anyway.