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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

OP here, I'm one of you! My lawyer friends totally make me feel inadequate. [/quote]

My laywer exh is a fed attorney and makes about 175k and late 40s. The average lawyer salary in the US is around 113k. Most lawyers are not big law on the partner track. Mid 30s and 200k? You are rich. Nothing to be inadequate about.[/quote]

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