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Need advice- switching careers

Hi all,


I am an nurse with 11 years hospital experience and really want to switch careers to computer science but having a hard time deciding what path to go down. I am willing to go back to school. My questions are:

  1. what would be the best fit for the list below?
  2. Where would I start?
  3. Projected timeline for realistically obtaining these goals?



Here's a brief list:


Career desires (over time):

-Possibility for remote work (over time, not necessarily out of the gate)

-Income between 150-200K+

-work/life balance

-intellectually stimulating/engaging work

-never clean poop off of adults ever again


Areas of interest:

-cybersecurity

-healthcare tech/IT/cloud

-EHR software (I obviously have a lot of experience as a user)

-cloud


Skills:

-analytical thinking

-problem solving

-detail oriented

-can focus for long periods of time

-interpersonal skills


Any guidance would be super helpful! Thanks!

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madscienceSoftware Engineer  
150-200k in Healthtech/EHR Software might be a tall ask unless it's like way way down the line. They tend to pay a lot lower than the more tech-focused counterparts. I also used to work in healthcare as an IT administrator and it definitely help set me up for the future, but honestly the culture of healthcare is such a grind, I don't know that I'd love working in that industry, even as a full software engineer. (Also, I hate Epic lol). Otherwise, I think Cybersecurity or Cloud, even general IT support would be a solid fit and you could realistically get into one of those roles in 1-2 years with diligent work. You may not need to go back to school for a CS degree or anything, but I'd recommend self-teaching and looking into different coding courses or bootcamps as well. Make sure you do research on them though because there are definitely some bootcamps/courses that just seem like money-grabs.

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