35 years old, how to plan you future?

First you must trust yourself, and be confident with you qualification and experiaece. No worries about age limit, its only about you and yourself. Be positive. this is human life we can think, we can get decesions not like wild animals. first be thanks to your god, because you are a human in this life. good luck

Yes i do have the same incident with you... perhaps juz be the best i could....

Hi there Blue Elf! Welcome to Mylot! I used to think that I have my whole life planned ahead. Boy, was I wrong. I made lots of major decisions and I am currently in the process of making another one right now. I was born and I grew up in the city, I was planning to finish my studies and pay for my younger sisters' college education. However, life laughed at me and I met my husband, we got married when I was in my third year of college. I had to stop studying and I got pregnant, and had to take care of our baby. Then, we put up our own business. It was an internet cafe and we were making lots of money back then. I think that was in 2002. Then, our internet connection acted up, became slower and we lost some of our customers. My aunt asked us to manage her beach resort in the province and we decided to move there. We brought the computers from our shop there. We found a place to rent for our shop in the province and I was not counting on earning much money from it. It is the province after all. However, I was pleasantly surprised and it did great. Then, when my younger sisters reached college, I got an irresistible offer. I have two sisters studying in a certain college and there is a privilege because a third sibling can study for free. I decided to go back to college and finish my studies. I was just a year way from graduating anyway. I went to the college and I was informed that the curriculum has changed a lot of times already in the span of five years when I stopped studying. I went back as a freshman. I was planning to just get a diploma and start working. I was again, pleasantly surprised when I became part of the college publication, was sent to different places to work on articles, attend training, conferences and contests. I graduated with awards and won a lot of contests. I was planning to take the board exams after graduation. However, the offer I got was really low so we decided to go back and try our luck here in the city. On the first day that I went out to look for a job, I got one and a high paying one at that. I was planning to stay with the company as long as I can but there were changes and I decided to give up my job. Now, we are going to move back to the province and there is a job waiting for me there. I can work while attending review classes for the board exams on weekends. The point of this long response is that we do not always get what we want the way we want it. We can make plans but still, there is a higher power that changes everything. We call that higher power God, some may call it destiny, chances, some may even call it luck. Whatever we believe in, one thing is for sure, we all agree that change is inevitable in life even when you have a great plan. We should always be ready for changes and adapt.

Yes, I am facing the same problem. I am also a developer, and I want to transfer to a new job.

well, first and foremost trust the Lord that He will help you out whereever He will lead you to :) and that's all you need... faith, hope and love :)

Hi. First of all, you should be able to determine what do you really want. You cannot be success in life if you don't love what you are doing. Second, look for a job that fits you interest. I know that nowadays, it is hard top look for a job that suits you profession but be determined. Don't lose hope and most especially, do not lose self confidence. That is the most important thing that you should have for you to get what you want. And finally but not the least, you should ask God's guidance and trust him.. Have a good one. God bless and good luck.

i do not think there is a cause for you to worry. people move and since you are 35, you are probably have been working for years now and have already built yourself such a wonderful career in software development. your knowledge is already at par or even better than other people applying for the same jobs. you really should do try to find jobs now in anticipation of your company closing down. but you should also be confident, build a resume you know you have been workiing for and focus on your strengths and be positiive. i am sure you still will be able to find yourself good jobs out there. 35 yo is not too old and its the right age where people are confident in your knowledge and skills.

i used to have to have the same problem a few years ago.but the problem is in my country 35years old is already considered as over age when applying for work.what i did then is i started a small business and make all the efforts to make it prosper and the rest is history.now my business is my bread and butter and still going strong.

Quote from George Elliot says "Its never too late to be what you may have been". Somewhere along our life we do get stuck, luckily with the internet help is quite easy to get. To me it is a wake up call and time to restart our life strategy. If you like you can go to http://www.careerchangepathways.com/balancing-life-and-work/ perhaps it could give you some ideas. All the best to you.

Actually,I have the same problem,too.I had no confidence about myself but I am working on it by thinking positive and doing my best.I had not worked for so long and I was really so shy but then I always think that there will no happen into my life if I continue to be like that.Now,I have two jobs.Just think of that and maybe that it can help you a lot.Good luck.

yes, I am 33 but mine is much worse than your case.Presently you have a stable job.If the company your working will be shutdown you will still have seperation pay from that company that you can start to have a small business that you think is demanding in your place in case you don't have a new job yet. For you are skilled person working in a software company job will still be available for you.Just apply and apply online.There are lots of job available everyday.Well for me it is difficult as I am ordinary skilled employee.and on such jobs age limit is very strict.as they required mostly 25 and rarely 30. so it's very hard to find a job on my age especially I am a woman. for man they can work for a construction even they aer 35 or mason. but for a girl like me job is limited.so until now I am jobless.lesser opportunity are available for me that's why I am thinking of alternative way like small business that will generate good income.

I had a similar problem a few years ago.But then there are few things to be addressed here.You need to understand first the strengths and weakness of yours in the job skills you have.Understand the current trends in market and see if you need to upgrade something.If so,please proceed to do so at any cost and work hard towards that.Now,there could have been reasons like failures in interviews or other such things.Instead of crying on those,understand your mistakes and proceed to rectify them.When you start tackling problem, slowly confidence and all would return.As far as future is concerned, you need to be good at present so that future could be taken care.You need to save money as needed and strive for financial independence.Be upto date on things and work towards the goals.I tackled my goals by improving my skills and putting efforts on the skill front.I still keep things updated so that i can be good in any job market.Plus save money but need not live frugally.And be loyal to the job but not to the organisation.You never know when the organisation would stop loving you.So think in these directions and hopefully everything will go right for you.Wish you good luck for all future endevaours.Thanks!

I'm in my age of 30 now. We need courage to change, job\life style.... As a man of 35 years old, you should know how the socity works, you should know what you can do, what you like do. I want to say no preparation no confidence. What you need is preparation.