People that worked construction and changed careers. How did you do it and what do you do now?

I had family connections that got me summer construction jobs in college, mostly being a material handler for an electrical contractor. After graduating college, I was in software development for over a decade before I burned out and went to handyman work, then trained to be a locksmith.

Turns out actually working for a living doesn’t pay enough to justify leaving the house, but nobody wants to hire a software developer who took a break to become a locksmith, so now I just waste time waiting for my retirement money to run out. Not sure what’ll happen after that… probably nothing good.