Hi everyone, has your job/career panned out as you expected? I feel hopeful about the money and the fun of it, and I'm really motivated but I'd love to know if you were able to fulfill what you were looking for.

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When I started I was hungry and merciless. I climbed the ladder fast. But in all honesty, the pandemic made me reevaluate my priorities. I no longer consider my career one of my defining characteristics. I have no desire to be CFO or deal with upper level BS and I’m so much happier this way.

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I would say my jobs have become progressively more challenging but I’ve generally enjoyed my career and my coworkers. I’ve been blessed with good bosses but I’m also very good at what I do.
I’m pleasantly surprised by how much money I make. But, I’m also shocked at how much living costs, especially the cost of raising children in bigger cities!! If I could do it over again, I’d move to less demanding jobs and live in smaller city before my kid started school. Once you have kids in school you are locked into your city.

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I’ve stayed in banking for a lot longer than I initially expected (going on my 7th year this year), but I genuinely enjoy the work I do and the people I work with. I’d second MS1 though, I don’t expect to stay in this career and in NY for when I eventually have kids. I don’t want to be locked into a career as demanding as banking forever but I’ve seen countless coworkers get stuck in the job because they can’t afford to not do it given how expensive it is to have kids in the city

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My career has not been exactly as I imagined as a new grad but I am in a career path and progressively taking challenging roles to keep growing. Almost at 4 times my starting salary 14 years ago - so doing well there too

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It hasn’t but I’ve learned a valuable lesson: it’s best to focus on achieving the short term goals as I work towards the long term. Otherwise I will be spinning my wheels and less inclined to change trajectories.

It didn’t turn out how I expected but looking back, I completely see how everything I’ve done so far has led me to this point

Didn’t turn out how I expected, I’m just going with the flow

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