Just curious to hear your insights. Climbing the ladder hasn't been easy for me, but so worth it to me. Made some tough decisions early on about sacrificing relationships and WLB, but I feel good about my choices. What’s the best career move you’ve ever made?

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I think the best career move I made at times was being patient and waiting for the right opportunity to come along. People always say you have to create your opportunities, but there's often no practical way to do that. But if you're ready, and you stay patient, when opportunities come along you can seize them.

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I have several close friends who are happy with their careers. They have not climb to a leadership role but they do seem happy with their choices overall. For me, I use to think I needed to marry young and have a family but as I grew I realized I don’t really want those things so not being married or not having kids has never actually felt like a major sacrifice for me

Saying 'no' to a promotion that didn’t align with my goals. It felt counterintuitive at the time, but it set me up for a better opportunity down the road.

This is why CHIEF is valuable

Valuable for Chief at ~$7K/year, even for cities without a physical location.

Great for the women whose companies pay, but even at large global holding companies it wasn’t an option for me.

Relate to the screenshot. Lost a couple of friends who turned hostile when I fast climbed the ladder while they were still in school. More who I fear losing as the gap widens. Happy to chat. Can’t discuss this openly though it bothers me

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