Would it make sense if someone changed careers after a Masters?

As long as you can swing it, you are allowed a do-over any time you want in life.

It makes more sense to switch careers than to remain in one you don’t want to do.

I would ask you, though – what makes you “attracted” to detective work? Do you know what it realistically entails, or are all of your thoughts about it created by what you’ve seen on TV? Would you be able to choose the kinds of cases you’d like to work? Might you find various aspects of the work depressing?

Do some homework – maybe talk to a couple of people who do this for a living – and find out if it would match your expectations. It would be terrible to throw away a career you could be starting now, in exchange for something you enjoy less.

And in terms of “throwing your hard work down the drain”, remember that there is usually something you can take out of one experience to apply to another, even if they are seemingly very different. One of the things that makes someone a good teacher is the ability to put oneself in other people’s shoes, to be able to see from their eyes. This is a skill that would come in handy in detection. I’m sure you could find many other transferable skills, if you think about it.

Okay with me.

Use what you have learned in whatever field you choose. Not sure why you got as far as you did but not sure why my niece got an education degree when she hates kids. not to mention that she couldn’t pass the test for her teaching certificate

Maybe I watch to much TV but can you start out as a detective? Are you willing to do the time giving traffic tickets in order to become a detective?

Go for it.

Do some research and see if you will really like the career of being a detective, and what it will take to be a detective. You can always fall back on your teaching degree, it will not have been a waste of time.

Plus, I think it’s really good for teachers to work in other fields. People who teach their whole lives so a times don’t get what it is like to work in other industries. I can’t tell you how many of my friends complain that their kids’ teachers have no understanding of the parents careers and job demands.

If you work for the police, you could use your teaching later if you wanted to get into training or college teaching of policing.

~You can use your detective skills in a school setting.