What would you do over?

[Anonymous]

If you could change something about your career/professional/educational choices what would it be?

I had a career, was a stay at home mom for five years, now work part time and will go back to school for my second master's degree (which will be totally different from my first).

I wish I had switched colleges during undergrad to a school that had a wider variety of majors. But I went to school far away from home and wanted to stay on track for graduation. Being able to easily take classes that were way out of my major would have opened my eyes to many of the other options out there. I'm feeling introspective I guess.

What would you have done differently (if anything)?

[Anonymous]

Everything. Probably would've stuck with Accounting rather than switch my degree to English. Or, switched entirely to Marketing/Development. Right now, I'm wallowing in administrative support hell with no easy way out.

[Anonymous]

Everything here too. Never found (and still haven't) my passion. Led to me taking jobs that I was just not into, got bored at and eventually fired. Have jumped around fields many many times. Now I am in my 40s and am basically an admin asst. and I have a degree from a top college and a masters. The thing is, if I could go back to being 22, am still not sure what field I would have chosen.

[Anonymous]

I'm the creator of the "Nanny here and I need OUT" thread. I would have done better in school, and done a couple internships to see if I found anything I wanted to stick with.

[Anonymous]

Studied harder in law school so I would have had a wider variety of job options.

[Anonymous]

Seriously considered business school.

[Anonymous]

When in doubt, I should have always gone for the money.

[Anonymous]

Studied something different in college. I was a Marketing Major at a great business school. But, I don't use it currently and went into a completely different field. I didn't know what I was doing when I chose a major at age 19. It didn't suit me at all. Now, at 52, I feel to old to go back to school and too tired.

[Anonymous]

Applied to colleges with a better department for my major. I choose my school because it was pretty and the people were nice (ah, the decisions we make while young). There were like 10 kids in my major at a large state school. I bet I would have gotten more out of the program if I went to a school with a bigger/better department.

[Anonymous]

Stayed at Goldman Sachs even though I hated it tremendously. Chased money instead of work life balance. By now I'd have enough money to buy all the comforts I could want: a chef, a weekend nanny, a driver, a summer house, etc. instead I have none of those things because I convinced myself those people were sellouts who lived miserable lives. They were of course, but at least they had tons of money.

[Anonymous]

Had children earlier in my career. I've worked my way up to management after 15+ years with my employer, but am struggling with work-life balance with 5 and 7 y.o. kids. My entry level positions were much easier to manage.

[Anonymous]

Moved to California to work in tech sector.
Married and had kids earlier-- my jobs were always v demanding, but now am under the P&L microscope at my level.

[Anonymous]

I would go to med school, and become a physician. I am not sure what type, but am pretty certain I'd want to help patients with complicated symptoms pinpoint and heal problems both from a medical and eastern model. I'm 51 yo so that won't happen in this life, unfortunately.