I left my job and became a housewife. Doing an internship at 31 helped me pivot to a new industry 7 years later.

Mounika Chinnam pictured with her husband and their son. Courtesy of Santosh Kumar Veeravilli This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mounika Chinnam, 33, who lives in Andhra Pradesh, India and took a seven-year career break. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I got my first tech job when I was 23, writing code for a research and development company. I had a postgrad diploma in advanced computing and felt excited to start my career in computer science. Three ...