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I got an offer from Cognizant and i accepted it.They asked my to provide a lot of documents and I signed(digitally) around 17 prejoin documents.Now, I have received a better offer from EY gds. Can i accept it and tell cognizant that i wont be able to join after signing those documents?
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No. Also an accidental parent working in law and if anything I would choose a different career. If I had known how much having a family would mean to me I would have chosen something that allowed for more time with them.
Same!
I would not have gone to law school. I would have gone directly into finance after undergrad, made as much money as possible for 15 to 20 years, and then had kids and switched to a lower stress lower salaried job. If I'd gone to a wall street trading floor I'd have worked less hours and made many multiples more money.
I’d have gotten a degree in industrial organization and not had kids. 🤷🏻♀️
I would not change anything. I truly don’t feel like I could have planned things any better. I was a mid level associate in big law when I had my first kid (I have two now) and i went to 70% after my kids and never looked back.
I’m in commercial real estate finance
I'm 29 with 4 kids and a stay-at-home wife. I spent 3 years in big law before deciding to go to a smaller firm in a smaller city. IMO there is no way to spend adequate time with your kids AND work a big law job. Sacrifices had to be made. If I could do it over again I wouldn't because I can't imagine life without my kids, but assuming, for the sake of the hypothetical, that I am back in that situation without awareness of my kids, I would push having kids by at least 5 years so I could throw more of myself into my work in the beginning.
I would still choose it. I learned so much in the 10 years pre-kids. I also learned how much my lids matter more in the following five years. We rearranged our careers just to be with our kids more after COVID. We realized we loved homeschooling. By going all in woth the amount of work I did in the first 10 years, I know the money isn't worth it, and I don't have any what-ifs about earning more money now.