What’re the main reasons why you entered this line of work?

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Yes and eventually made it to one. But we vastly exaggerate project mobility and choice to campus hires. Spending my 1st 18 months on a terrible project being blocked from rolling off wasn’t exactly a good way to start

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Financial problems at home. Forced me to choose engineering just because it assures the least resistive path to enter in to IT in a developing country I wanted to study English literature. Poverty pushed me to pursue the ‘cookie cutter’ path.
Somehow managed to pay the fees of my engineering undergraduate. Had to accept the first job I got in order to support my family and pay the debts. I get the thought of leaving every year to pursue my dreams but Ive been in this job for 5 years now just because it is a stable source of income and the bills never stop.
We don’t always get what we want, do we?

Apologize for a depressing post. Wanted to vent a little

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Chicks dig the allure of a potential hotel upgrade subject to availability

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$$$

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Recruiters lied and told me I would work on a variety of interesting projects and that it’s the perfect place for a high performer who doesn’t know what they want out of a career yet

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The allure of free toiletries every week was too much to pass up

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Couldnt get a job anywhere else and couldnt believe the salary!

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Because I have no actual skills

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Money, and because I couldn't make into IB/Finance

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Variety of projects, interesting work, smart people, high pressure situations, and travel. 2.5 years in as an experienced hire Deloitte Digital has met all of this for me

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Idk but I’m ready to quit.

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Thought I would be gaining more technical experience and become more marketable. I guess the joke was on me 😜.

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@AP1 not just chicks 😎

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I needed to pay off my college loans, as soon as I’m debt free I’m bouncing to something that actually interests me!

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I suck as an employee. 😂😂

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$$$

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Because I had no sense of my value in the marketplace when graduating from non-MBA graduate business school in a technical field and took the first offer I got that seemed like it was cool work.

-posted from the second of five flights this week

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Money and prestige

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Money money money

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Came from industry (1.5 yrs) and was told it would be a great way to accelerate my career... got a promotion this year so I’ve got that going for me!

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