What I Wish I Had Known Before Choosing This Career
Three honest post-mortems on the choices we made at nineteen, twenty-three and twenty-seven. None of us would choose exactly the same way twice.
Published 30 April 2026
About this conversation
We each bring one career decision we would make differently. The degree, the first job, the move, the yes that came too easily. The goal is not regret, it is making the next decision a little less naive.
“The best decision you can make is rarely the one that feels most obvious at the time.”
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