I was so young back then
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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Honestly it worked to an extent. It got me an ok job where I was paid decently until eventually I'd built up enough experience that I was underpaid.

Then I switched jobs a couple times to get my salary up, and now that I'm older and have kids, I focus more of work-life balance than on my career.

Working hard is still a good thing to do, especially when you're young.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Can I ask what career field you went into?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Systems analysis, which I've done in the finance, energy, and healthcare industries.

    I started by doing mundane, repetitive computer stuff. Then I taught myself Excel and VBA and started automating it, so that became my job. Basically finding ways to make existing processes faster and more consistent.

    At some point I started learning more advanced programming languages, but in my last job switch I moved away from that and back to Excel and VBA. The pay is similar, and the career development is worse, but I work from home and spend more time with my kids and my cats.

    When I didn't have kids, I'd have prioritized working in-office and building my career. But nowadays I'm much happier this way.

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