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not sure about "change" but definitely deflection.
chemistry professor to web developer to managing director of a communications research center to (current) researcher (on stuff not even close to chemistry).
Made the jump from my faculty position at 38. Very stressful as I'd spent 10 years in school, 1.5 years as a postdoc, then 5 years as faculty. But I got more interested in the web than in chemistry.
I'm still trying to figure out what i want to do when i grow up. I'm in a transitional state right now...not sure what the future holds. I'm on soft money (just got a year grant from Hewlett Foundation to fund part of my salary), and the other part of my salary is in flux.
I would do it again...and in fact will have to do it again. My problem is that i've got a level of income that I need to maintain in order to stay in LA and near my son. So that causes some stress.
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