Lynsey Jackson was looking for a change when she quit her corporate finance job to assess her career options, before settling on a direction that would shock many.
She sees her future in blockchain technology, beginning with a diploma of applied blockchain from TAFE Queensland.
Most commonly known as the platform that hosts cryptocurrencies, blockchain is the basis of "Web3", the brave new internet held together by distributed databases, each confirming the same information.
Blockchain is a peer-to-peer security network that allows users to become part of the system.
In relation to cryptocurrencies the system validates coin ownership and transactions, as well as works to create new coins.
"Most people when I mention that I'm pivoting my career into blockchain don't really know what I'm talking about and what the opportunities are ... for the most part, people in my world are pretty unaware," Ms Jackson said.