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IT pros face career crossroads - Veterans reinventing themselves at midcareer.(News Briefs)

Publication: eWeek

Publication Date: 25-JUN-01

Author: Wilkinson, Stephanie
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COPYRIGHT 2001 Ziff Davis Media Inc.

Flipping through an in-flight magazine as he flew 25,000 feet over the Midwest, Andrew Cohen came to a realization: His career was off-course. It was an article on career coaches that forced Cohen, after 11 years as a manager with Lotus Development Corp., to re-evaluate his entire life until he reached the conclusion that he just didn't want to be a manager anymore.

Once back on the ground, he hired his own coach and dug deep within himself to find out what he really wanted out of his working life. Today, five months later, Cohen has found a new course as a free-lance IT consultant-a role that has brought him back to the hands-on programming he loves.

Odds are that most IT professionals will come to such a career...

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