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[quote=Anonymous]I had my first when I was 26 and when people say having kids "young" by DC standards would have hindered their career, I'm a bit puzzled. Sure, there are industries in which you have to put in 60-80 hrs/wk in the first few years to advance but clearly that's not true for all, or even most, fields. This is DC after all, where many of us work for the USG, and if you're a fed worker, you see people come in & out for months at a time for any number of reasons - rotations, TDYs, etc. Taking 12 weeks to give birth and care for a newborn, then return to a 40 hr/wk job hasn't hindered my job progression at all. In fact, I used the break to transition my portfolio to something more aligned with my interests and most of the women at my agency have used the break as an opportunity to negotiate a better contract or promotion. So you wrap up your projects before ML, have your baby, and then come back to a higher level assignment or a better gig. I see a lot of people on DCUM claim having a baby would have ruined their careers in their 30s and that just doesn't jive with what I see around me. [/quote]

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