I was eating a Pisillo* sandwich in Bryant Park in the sun today and the old couple drinking coffee at the next table were very confused about the lack of porno theaters and prostitution/drug dealing in Times Square.
Just to clarify my point above- it can be really scary as a mid-career or senior person to do something completely new. You have equity in your career. However- just because did a thing well for a long time doesn’t mean you can only do that, or that you have to start at the absolute bottom if you do something new. Your career to this point is foundation for you to stand on, not a cell you are locked into.
For what it’s worth, I completely changed careers two year ago- left tech after 26 years at age 50 and went into finance with no real experience- had to go through months of interviews, and then after I was hired I had to get all kinds of licenses and essentially learn a new professional language. It was challenging, it was terrifying, and it was exhilarating. It’s worked out very well. The only perspective I can offer is this- you are not your resume or the jobs you’ve done. You are what you are capable of doing and what you can talk somebody into paying you for.
Watching this story on CBS evening news. They did not show a pic of the victim (which is extremely telling) but did show the video with a sort of “what do you see” angle, but the reporting itself was fairly even handed. Fascinating stuff. Homan’s quote was “I’m not going to make a judgement call, I’m the border czar.” To his credit, Tony Doukopil gave it to him after that.