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Pivoting my career and figuring out how to enjoy life again. I’ve been working on Wall Street for the past 4-5 years in a front office role and am apparently go
by _sword 8y ago
Pivoting my career and figuring out how to enjoy life again. I’ve been working on Wall Street for the past 4-5 years in a front office role and am apparently good at what I do, though I don’t find the work fulfilling or interesting. I’m strongly considering going back to school to focus on more technical fields where I believe my passion lies, but it’s a daunting task when I also have career prospects with my current role that would likely pay more but at the cost of less time, happiness, and fulfillment.
- phyalow 8y agoI was in a very similar spot last year. I pivoted back to school and have 0 regrets, good luck.
- _sword 8y agoWould you mind giving some more context around your age or relative career maturity when you went back to school? I’m recently 27 and aiming for grad school next year, accelerating my plans after a really bad summer grind in my role.
- phyalow 8y agoIm exactly the same age. Emails in my bio.
- cableshaft 8y agoI went back to school when I was 28 and graduated when I turned 30. The cost of school is insane now, but otherwise I have no regrets. I actually could have conversations with my professors based on my professional experience, so it felt a bit more engaging to me. But I also always felt like I was behind, because it was kind of assumed that I still had knowledge from when I took classes years ago fresh in my head, and that was far from the case, so I generally felt like I was playing catch-up the whole time. This was undergrad by the way. Due to not being willing to take student loans I dropped out of college after my first couple of years because I couldn't afford to keep going. If I knew now what I knew then, I would have just taken the loans. Tuition shot up like crazy after 8 years away.
- sp527 8y agoProtip: Strongly consider moving to Venice Beach, CA or similar. If you're trying to escape the Manhattan grind (would strongly advise) and revamp your life to focus on happiness, there are few better places I can think of.
- stevenwoo 8y agoGenuinely curious what's in Venice Beach for the poster? I only know it from the facsimile presented in Grand Theft Auto and TV shows and movies.
- askafriend 8y agoI'm curious why your advice was so specific. Why Venice Beach?
- sp527 8y agoIt's one-half of 'Silicon Beach'. Google LA and Snap HQ are here plus a ton of other tech companies. If you don't want to live in SF or NYC, then it's probably the next one down the list worth considering.