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		tim333 on April 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Myth of the Second Chance I guess once you've sorted the wife, kids and career then trying something else is relatively low risk. He could always have gone back to lawyering if it didn't work out. I've got a friend a bit like that - husband kids successful law career but quit because she hates being a lawyer. It allowed her to go from poor to wealthy though so served its purpose.

grvdrm on April 29, 2024 [–]

This is me!

Wife, kids, solid insurance career. But I quit to join a start up in cybersecurity because I was too curious not to give it a shot.

Unfortunately just recently laid off but I don’t look back and regret the decision. And now I can go back to insurance if I want to.

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