Comment by talldatethrow

As someone that did the whole burn the boats and force the change thing several times in my life.... That is exactly what I don't recommend.

Everyone here has great advice. But my #1 advice is to take all their advice and use it to get a new job.... Before quiting yours. Do not quit your job first. Sure it works for some people. But those that it doesn't work for end up wasting a lot of time and a lot of money.

If your dream of a career change isn't enough for you to give up nights and weekends to help facilitate it, then odds are you don't want it bad enough imo to really pull it off.