What’s your advice for someone in their early 20s / career and totally unsure what they want to do?

I don’t have much interest in my current role (Senior in SAP) and it’s hard to understand how to navigate out.

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1) Try out another job 2) Network to see what might interest you 3) Consider an MBA once you know where your interest lies

Agree with Kearney 1

Don't chase prestige.

First thing. Define where you want to go in your different career seasons.
Too often people define their career as runnong away from something instead of pursuing something.
Ask yourself, what impact do you want to have in the world. What sre you good at. what do you research in your free time.
Read, be curious, experiment different things and first decide what you want, instead of what you dont want.

If you have no desire to be a career consultant, you want to get out of doing erp implementations. You’ll get promoted and be too expensive for industry or go to industry keeping same salary with little upside because you’re a cost center at a company. Find a way to use your experience and migrate towards a new role where your exit opportunities point to revenue centers rather than cost centers. That will give you more options.

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