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This article is one of a three-part series focused on people over the age of 50Â in Lancaster County who pursued new careers in midlife, demonstrating what it took to reinvent themselves.
Like his father before him, Alberto âBertâ Flores went into computer science, choosing it as his major at Drexel University.
He has spent more than 33 years in information technology, most of it as a computer network engineer.
But a few years ago, when the business had become all-consuming, he got the idea that he might want to open a bottle shop â âjust making a warm, inviting place that people would want to come to.â