Ask HN: Have you changed your field?

From life sciences (PhD / ivy league) to teaching children to training teachers to (now) setting up a startup to train and teach blue collar workers. Heavily based on adult learning theory, interactivity, and appropriate technology use. Teaching myself C++ (unity) and java (android).

So, yep. :)

Graduated in 2008 with an Economics degree. Couldn't get a job for about 8 months and finally got a job because my future father-in-law pulled some strings. I did data entry and I hated it. As of now, I've been a professional developer for 5 years.

Related study on the topic, "Why Do So Many Women Who Study Engineering Leave the Field?":

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13572546

Yup. Was filmmaker, now VR dev, as of approximately 9 months ago.