Is it too late for 33 years old to change career path?

1 points by michas ↗ HN
In the beginning of my career I was a Java/J2EE developer (3 years), but later I learned some SOA and EAI technologies and became consultant in telecom industry. However, I feel like burnt out, this enterprise job is boring and not really a programming most of the time.

I have a plan/dream to become Scala developer, learn technologies like Akka, MongoDB and go into BigData business, but this would have two downsides: - I would become Junior Develper once again, at age 33 - I would probably loose large part of my salary

Also, I see people at my age becoming team leaders, managers, company owners. I feel like I'm lagging behind.

Any career advice?

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