When I first began to think about switching careers, I told very few. It was a fragile dream and could so easily be quashed. The first person I told, very deliberately, after some months was my career counselor. She was very supportive and gave me objective help. She also said that I had done exactly the right thing and not shared my career switch idea with those who might not react positively. She said I needed to nurture the dream safely and advised me not to tell anyone I had even remote doubts about until my switch efforts were further along, stronger, and more stable.