Is 49 Too Late for a Mechanical Engineering Career Change?

[njmech]

Hello, I am a 49 year old male, reside in the US, currently unemployed, previous work experience is in IT, have a B.S. in physics/computer science degree (interdisciplinary - not double major, w/minor in math) and am considering a return to college to study Mech. Engineering. Will I have difficulty finding a job afterwards? Any other advise/comments welcome.

Thanks!

 

[sandplasma]

Anyone have any help for this person. I would be interested in the answer as well.

 

[spinnaz]

You may face age discrimination. This is a sad but real fact of life in most technical industries.

 

[hotvette]

Tech Support might be a possibility. The technical background is useful to be able to talk the same language as customers, but the most important skills are social and being organized. A lot of the tech support people I work with aren't youngsters.