Originally Posted by Cleinad

Hi folks,

Chanced upon this forum while researching for midlife career switch info/blogs and thought this is an excellent platform to discuss and share our experience in changing your career direction in your 30s, 40s?

Anyone?

For starters, I've spent the past 15 years in marketing communications and from my last stint, I came to the frightening conclusion that the marketing/advertising/social media role is a young person's game as it the advertising industry is youth-obsessed and ever flickering - it IS fashion, and if you don't know and look the part (eg Facebook is for old people, if you don't know that), then naturally there will be stereotypes and age biaseness against you as a marketer, no matter how well you know your expertise, cuz, err, you have grey hair sprouting out of your hair and you have long-sightedness.

All these are happening to me, and I realised that, crap, I had been in the wrong vocation all these while and if I'm honest, I'm regretting it though the years in the marketing world has been an adventure and an eye-opening experience. Now, I don't think it was a complete waste of time dabbling in the creative arts and the segmentation science, but what I had faced was ageism in the corporate world and I feel that it is actually better off starting a career in the direction that is sustainable for the long term.

Any marketers out here....thoughts? Or if you had made a career switch from a marketing-related role, please feel free to share your perspectives! Much appreciated!