I don't know if this will work in the long term, but I'm currently going back to school to try to change careers after doing web dev for way too long.
I imagine there must be some scholarships for vets? And if you've never done this before, any US citizen should be eligible for a bunch of federal and state financial aid and loans that can help you offset the income. There are also many on-campus jobs (not necessarily just for youngins) that can provide a somewhat livable wage along with benefits and discounted tuition -- nowhere near tech salaries, of course. Might that be worth considering?
Afterward, I know many colleges also teach guitar, but I don't know if those teachers are actually considered faculty (i.e. full-time with benefits) or just one of their exploited "lecturers" =(
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Separately, a friend of mine is a "self-made" guitar teacher who mostly just played gigs at restaurants and cafes for a few years, slowly built up a student base, and now does it full-time, both in-person and online (via Zoom). His students love him... it was a hard road to get there (6-7 years of really really hard work) but he eventually made it work!
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I don't know if this will work in the long term, but I'm currently going back to school to try to change careers after doing web dev for way too long.
I imagine there must be some scholarships for vets? And if you've never done this before, any US citizen should be eligible for a bunch of federal and state financial aid and loans that can help you offset the income. There are also many on-campus jobs (not necessarily just for youngins) that can provide a somewhat livable wage along with benefits and discounted tuition -- nowhere near tech salaries, of course. Might that be worth considering?
Afterward, I know many colleges also teach guitar, but I don't know if those teachers are actually considered faculty (i.e. full-time with benefits) or just one of their exploited "lecturers" =(
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Separately, a friend of mine is a "self-made" guitar teacher who mostly just played gigs at restaurants and cafes for a few years, slowly built up a student base, and now does it full-time, both in-person and online (via Zoom). His students love him... it was a hard road to get there (6-7 years of really really hard work) but he eventually made it work!