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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not an attorney but that is essentially what I had to do: start at the bottom making $32K as a glorified AA. I report to people younger than me. It is humbling and sucks.

FWIW, I also switched careers. Nonetheless, I often cannot believe I am back here.[/quote]

Looking back, are you glad you switched careers?[/quote]

Or, more to the point, given where you are now, do you regret taking the time off or do you wish you kept working?[/quote]

I stopped working b/c i got laid off when my company closed its dc office.  So, i had no choice in the matter and it was 2009, in the thick of the recession. I didn't really love my job and while I loved the overall field I was in, I got pigeonholed into a subset of it that I had little interest in. I should have left that area long ago but was in a cozy job that was great for a working mom so I got complacent and trapped. Getting laid off was sort of liberating. My DH and I agreed that I would stay home for a while but I did apply for the few interesting sounding jobs that came up, I  clearly didn't get them. Once my youngest started K I wanted to go back. I decided to look in a new field and landed my current job. Despite the low pay and grunt work I took it in part b/c it is very close to home and family friendly. I try to keep the bigger picture in mind: that I am gaining valuable skills and will eventually move up. i'm not that ambitious and have no desire to someday run a company or manage hundreds. i just want an interesting job that pays well. I think if I had wanted to stay doing exactly what I was doing before I would still be looking. My old field had very coveted jobs that are hard to find.

Do I regret taking the time off? Not at all. It was only 3 years but I enjoyed it a lot and think it was the right decision for my family.  [/quote]

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