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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP but I am in my mid-30s and like my “mom job” making $200k. Sometimes I wish I could be more aggressive in my career like others I know. But ultimately I value the flexibility too much. I like having time with the kids, to manage our finances and rental property, plan nice weekend outings and get-togethers with friends. [/quote]

What field are you in ?[/quote]

DP. Mid-30s, make about $215k. I’m an in house lawyer.

It’s really all relative. I went to a top 3 law school, so many of my classmates (and peers from the business school) have really high flying careers. This is why people say comparison is the thief of joy. [b]I’m acutely aware of what my career could have been and that’s hard[/b]. [/quote]

DP. I also went to HYS for law and also happen to be in-house (at a large pre-IPO tech company, make about 300K in early 40s). This poster hit the nail on the head for me - I see my classmates killing it out there, at the top of their fields, some of them making $$$ in leadership roles, others in politics, others who are judges or law professors, and I feel like I have really fallen short. It's hard to not wonder what I could have been. [/quote]

Come hang out with some of us T20 PhDs. We'll make you feel pretty successful with our $75k/year jobs, always begging for funding. [/quote]

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