At what age or stage in ones career is it best to get in the field?
There is no magical age here. It used to be that a lot of men stumbled into early childhood work in their 20s or 30s after starting a different career and not finding the first career meaningful. Sometimes men have a successful career and want to give back to the community. There have been police officers, lawyers, firefighters and soldiers. Now we see more adolescent men in education courses at technical colleges and universities. We are also seeing men in their 40s and 50s dropping an unsatisfactory career and getting in education. And we are also seeing some men retiring and beginning a new career in education or child care. If it feels like the right thing to do, then it is the right time for you.
