Seriously considering switching from logistics to IT at 30, is this actually doable?
Five years in logistics coordination and I've been thinking about getting out for a while now. Not because anything is actively wrong, the job is fine, it pays okay, I just can't see myself doing it at 35 or 40 and that feeling has been getting louder. I've been looking at IT for a few months, mostly business analysis and systems admin stuff, partly because it seems like there's some overlap with what I already do and partly because I've just always been decent with tech compared to the people around me at work.
No CS degree, studied supply chain, everything I know about tech is just stuff I picked up myself. I've been trying to research how to actually make this transition and honestly the amount of noise out there is exhausting. Certifications, bootcamps, self study, just apply and learn on the job, everyone online has a completely different answer and half of them are trying to sell something. I can't do full time school, I need my income while I figure this out so whatever path I take has to work around a full time job which I know makes it slower.
I guess what I'm actually looking for is someone who did something similar and can tell me what the timeline realistically looked like. Not the "I got hired in three months" reddit success story version, like the average realistic version. Did the logistics background help at all once you were trying to break in or does nobody care about that once you're applying for tech roles