my dad went back to school at 43 and is now two years into a data engineering job, some of what he told me stuck with me during my own switch

He said the hardest part wasn't the material, it was sitting in a room with people half his age and not letting that change how many questions he asked. I was 26 switching from marketing and still needed that reminder. Age gap or not, the questions are the same ones everyone's too embarrassed to ask.