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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Neither law nor tech is family friendly. Just because they have generous leave doesn't mean they don't look down on women having life balance.[/quote]

+1. 5-6 months of maternity or paternity leave is great but if you are in law (white shoe firm or even an associate GC at a college) you are in the office a lot. Tech is mostly in office or hybrid and finance is another track with great maternity leave but in office expectations. There are niche roles in all high paying career tracks where you can get balance (I’m in one) in the sense you can work from home and make $300K+ in your mid-30s but what I’m seeing is that now roles similar to my role with better salaries are demanding hybrid or in office work and even in my job, I’ll need to start traveling some and I have calls at night (between 7-9 pm) 3-4x/week.

Just trying to help you understand the grass is not much greener elsewhere but if you do want to pivot you may want to try being advisor to a start up or telehealth - my friend left emergency medicine for a startup after a decade plus and her hours are better.[/quote]

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