My wife and I have owned a plumbing business for about 4 years, and I have a computer science degree (graduated in 2019). We’re planning on selling the business in the next couple years, I just have no idea what I want to / can do next. I have no experience working in software development as I went straight to owning a business out of college, so I feel like the obvious path of software engineer is out of reach, and I have a lot of general skills from owning a successful business, but aside from entry level positions, most jobs that pay what I think I’m worth are specialist jobs that I don’t really qualify for.
This fear is causing us to delay and feel like we have to keep doing this until we have enough to retire on. I’d like to know what those of you who have sold or are planning to sell your business and get into something else are doing. Any advice is helpful, thanks.
Go work for any company that does Franchising. They often have dedicated contacts for franchise owners. Previous small business owners make up about half that department at my current job.
Pays well too. Bonus if you’re in the same field.
Thanks for the response. Do you mean to look into companies that have franchises (i.e. McDonalds) but for corporate positions that manage regions, etc? Or something else?