Is it too late for Ausbildung?
I am M32, a lawyer in a 2nd-world country. I know this set of skills is useless outside of the jurisdiction. It is also not of much use in my country, where corruption is the "correct" way to deal with things.
Nevertheless, I have managed to have some savings and assets. I would be fine living on my own, even though I have suffered injustice. But I want to have a child, and I don't want my child to suffer the same trauma I experienced from living in this place.
I know my skills don't have much value in Germany, and it probably isn't worth it to pursue higher education in Germany, since PhD holders struggle as well. So I am looking for an Ausbildung.
I don't have a problem with hard jobs, or even odd jobs. Hard labor doesn't scare me. I am working on my German; my aim is B2, and maybe I will get it next year.
But I am worried about my age. Some sources say my age is undesirable because, at 35, nobody is going to hire me for an Ausbildung anymore, and I'm almost there.
I just want opinions—honest opinions—on whether I should keep studying German to pursue an Ausbildung, or whether I should just give up and look for alternatives.
Posted Aug 3, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC