Hello all, does anybody have any experience or advice on doing a second bachelor's degree program in one's thirties? In the past eight years, I've moved from being entranced by the idea of doing a PhD, to realising that what I wanted was the glamour of a Doctorate and not so much the actual work of the program itself, to "oh lord, no more formal education ever". Now in the past few months I've been thinking of doing not a masters' program, but a second bachelor's (leaning towards Geology). Reasons for this are:
1. Pure Wanderlust / Sehnsucht. I've been enjoying my work recently (but often, only as long as I start getting out of the office and factory and doing customer visits and chasing new projects.) Starting a whole new lifestyle might help. 2. Realising, thanks to German lessons, that I really missed being in classroom environments. 3. On going to mining trade fairs (the mining industry is a huge customer base for me) that geology is an entire area of science I have negligible knowledge about. 4. Also realising that I've almost forgotten everything I learnt in high school (which is why I'm thinking of a bachelor's program and not a master's) 5. Realising that I wasted my original bachelor's coasting through the program and just trying to pass (with the exception of a few courses I enjoyed) and feeling that I'd like to go and get it right this time. If I do do a geology program, it won't really help me in my current line of work, as the actual process of mine exploration / surveying/ excavation has very little interface with what I do (supplying conveyor belts to mines that are up and running). Does anybody have any experience to share on switching careers/ fields after their thirties? What is the potential of just going for a Bachelor's program out of sheer curiosity to derail my earning potential etc?
