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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems obvious, but I still think women don’t think about making the most money possible the way women do. [/quote]

This. Women go to Columbia and graduate and aspire to get a low level admin job at a NYC nonprofit, while their male peers target jobs with money and develop skill sets.

Seven years later, the women are making $75k and married, hate their going no-where admin job that rarely has a meaningful difference on the world, and surprise.... when the discussion of babies comes along "it really just made sense for me to stay home because it just happened that DH made four times my salary".

Women: Aim higher. Jobs are jobs and, to the extent you derive pleasure from your job, that pleasure is almost surely rooted 99% in what you do day-to-day and not some larger feeling of doing good.  Same thing for those who hate their jobs - they hate it because of the day to day.  You can day-to-day at a shitty art collective nonprofit making peanuts, or you can do the same kind of day-to-day at McKinsey. Or a defense contractor. Even better: develop a skill set so you don't just do admin and organize office birthday parties.  [/quote]

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