It sounds like income and savings are your limiting factors. A few years back I was in similar position, except I was trying to get into software.
Some lessons I learned:
- getting a degree in business didn't really prepare me for anything targeted enough that it opened any real job opportunities for me
- a big reason I went into software is because I liked coding on the side, there was evidence I could get a job as a self taught developer, demand for seemingly capable devs was high, and starting pay was pretty good
- finding opportunities that paid enough for me to consider, and where I could make it through the interview process, was extremely difficult, and honestly pretty disheartening
- it took me two years of full time studying to get my first coding gig, a 1 year contract, and I had to be willing to move 4000km at my own expense to get it
What I encourage you to do is some research on careers that pay well enough starting out that you can make a switch AND you can teach yourself. If you really want to go back to school, I highly encourage you to pick program/degree that prepares you for something that is predictably needed: accounting, welding, paralegal, something like that. And when you graduate, be prepared to take a shit job that no one else wants to get the experience you need, as you may not have any better options.
Also, remember that getting out of software means your skills start to rot, which means if you decide to go back to coding, plan on that being harder than you expect it to be.
> it costs about 30k. I can't afford that
It sounds like income and savings are your limiting factors. A few years back I was in similar position, except I was trying to get into software.
Some lessons I learned:
- getting a degree in business didn't really prepare me for anything targeted enough that it opened any real job opportunities for me
- a big reason I went into software is because I liked coding on the side, there was evidence I could get a job as a self taught developer, demand for seemingly capable devs was high, and starting pay was pretty good
- finding opportunities that paid enough for me to consider, and where I could make it through the interview process, was extremely difficult, and honestly pretty disheartening
- it took me two years of full time studying to get my first coding gig, a 1 year contract, and I had to be willing to move 4000km at my own expense to get it
What I encourage you to do is some research on careers that pay well enough starting out that you can make a switch AND you can teach yourself. If you really want to go back to school, I highly encourage you to pick program/degree that prepares you for something that is predictably needed: accounting, welding, paralegal, something like that. And when you graduate, be prepared to take a shit job that no one else wants to get the experience you need, as you may not have any better options.
Also, remember that getting out of software means your skills start to rot, which means if you decide to go back to coding, plan on that being harder than you expect it to be.