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[quote=Anonymous]NP and I think it's so important to consider the daily life of whatever career sounds good to them.

For instance, law school is nothing like practicing law.  When I ended up sealed away in a skyscraper for hours and hours, and wearing a suit, heels and pantyhose (we had to at the time), billing every 6 minutes, I was in total shock.  I was from an SES where I didn't know any lawyers and didn't really think out the daily life aspect.  I had always assumed I'd have time for myself, and fresh air.

Later I became a consultant and it was great--met lots of interesting people and got to travel, and only had to wear a suit on certain days.  But because of travel, the issue of parenthood became a problem, I didn't want to be 9 months pregnant on a plane, or flying out and away from my newborn or toddler etc.  There was no way to do it part-time.

I stress to my kids that they have to talk to people in the field not just with the career track questions, but also with very specific questions about their daily life.  What it looks like, where is the daily venue, do you get outside, what are you wearing, what are the hours, do you get called on the weekends or is that time protected, do you have to travel and how much, do you have friends in the office, do you interact with people in person much, how much are you sitting vs. walking, etc etc.  And my big one...can you open a window or are you sealed in and breathing skyscraper recycled air and freezing or cooking from the darn central thermostat?[/quote]

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