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Field of dreams: we tell you how to finance a midlife career switch.
It's not unusual for people in their 40s, and 50s to dream about ditching their jobs and heading back to school to train for something new. But retraining while earning a living and fulfilling family obligations over a multiyear period could discourage even the most passionate pursuer of a new calling.
Worse, there's no guarantee of success. Eric Norris, 47, of Santa Clara, Calif., in 2001 returned to his former job as a technical-publications manager with a six-figure salary after spending two difficult years operating his own criminal-defense and consumer-bankruptcy law practice in San Jose, Calif. And, he is repaying $80,000 he borrowed to attend a four-year ...
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