Guys i thought i would come here to post to get some different opinions , well last week i was laid off after a 10 year tenure with my company (Network Engineer) - company is doing some outsourcing to put money in the pockets of the higher ups -- anyways I'm kinda on the fence about what i want to do, i'm 33 years old so i'm actually thinking of doing a career change and buying a dump truck to work for myself (I know very risky but something i don't want to regret not doing later in life). I know two completely different things but with the way technology is rapidly changing, outsourcing, and the use of AI technolgoies i just feel that this won't be the last time a layoff happens for me and when i'm in my 50's it's going to get harder to get an IT job and frankly probably too late for a career change. Any thoughts guys?

Also i have applied to some IT jobs in the meantime and actually have a 3rd interview with Bandwidth -- any inside information from there that i should know other than the in office requirement?

Wish I could help here. Sorry to hear this, I'm sure things will work out for you.

Do you have a CDL? Pretty sure that is required to drive a dump truck.

But anyway, yeah... I'd run the numbers, and then give the truck-driving a try if you really feel the urge to "do something different".
There's also a decent chance that you could pick up some "work from home" online --- some temp side gigs in your former area of expertise, if you so choose. So that could be a safety net of sorts, in the short term.

And not sure what sort of savings plan your former employer might have offered (that you could possibly rollover into something else), but you're definitely still young enough to open up a Roth IRA and start heavily investing in it --- a great savings vehicle that could really build up over your next 26 years of life.

Good luck.

Yes CDL is required, training classes are offered that i could have them within a month. 401k at my current company and will also get a severance thankfully

Hey bud, how is everything going at the moment? Hope everything is going well?