First of all, I love that this is a group. This is why I joined this app. Thank you. But I’d love advice on how/were to transition away from banking and finance. Bachelor degree in agriculture, National guardsmen, seeking $75k/yr, ideally remote. I feel stuck and lost because I took a leap of faith to get into banking with no experience and now I have no relative experience in another field/industry to get me out.

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Hey LO. You’re not alone. A lot of people, myself included, started out with high hopes and aspirations in an industry / role and found out later it wasn’t for us.

The good news is, it’s never too late to change course. I have a 60 year old former colleague who spent 38 years in finance and decided to hang it up and is now in his third year as a handy man and loves every minute of his day.

So let’s start with the basic, big question. What does the ideal life look like for you and what are you doing for a living in that life?

If you don’t know that’s fine. I’ll do what I can to help.

Also, if you’d rather take this conversation private I’m okay with that too.

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