At what point in your careers did you know you wanted to gun for PPMD? Any point wherein you doubted yourself?

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Day 1 of joining as a new hire , I knew I wanted to make Partner . Nearly gave up on it after ten years thinking it is impossible and finally made it in 12 years . A lot of hard work and a lot of luck made it happen

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The day I made it

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Never “gunned” for it. Just kept growing until it happened.

As a project leader (5 years into the job) I decided I wanted it and there was a clear path to get there

I started to consider it as one more alternative option as a senior manager when I was close to the principal promotion. The decision to really go for it came some 2 years into the principal role.

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