Who else feels they could go back in time and choose something else besides consulting? I’ve always wanted to be a architect, but went the safe route and chose consulting.

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Ya sometimes I think I could have crushed it in real estate (and I enjoy the client management piece)... but maybe I’ve also been watching too much “Million Dollar Listing”

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I also wanted to be a pilot. But had bad vision. If I could go back maybe farmer. Really different, but maybe low stress and better quality of life

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It’s low stress at the right size it’s when you push for the larger suppliers things get high risk and medium reward.

If it’s any consolation: I had a few friends that went to architecture school. Only one of them has stayed, the rest all changed careers because they couldn’t get jobs that would put food on the table.

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