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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After many years as a consultant/contractor (somehow not as well-paid as the consultants on this board), I took a job at a client (Pharma) and from day one I was like, THIS is it, this is where I should have been my whole career. It had some great parts and some not so great parts and I got into "grass is greener" mode and quit after 3 years. I really regret leaving that job... I have never found my passion and that was as close as I got. It's 6 years later now and I'm a govt contractor again and I feel like my "career" has gone backwards since leaving that job.

I have a great undergrad degree and a solid MBA (top 20 in USNWR). But I have never known what I wanted to do with my life and I don't like to work hard so I'm stuck with a mediocre title and a mediocre salary and just counting the days til I can retire. [/quote]

Could you go back to the pharma job? I had a similar trajectory - left a sweet gig after 6 years because I was burnt out - and wound up going back a 3 years later for a pretty significant comp increase. It's only been a few months since I have been back, but so far, so good. Thrilled about the comp increase (never would've happened if I stayed put), but kicking myself a little for leaving due to the loss in political capital.[/quote]

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