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The Job That Got Away: What's Your Biggest Career "What If?"

What's the job opportunity or career path you passed up that still makes you wonder "what if"?

Maybe it was a risky startup, a chance to move abroad, or a completely different industry.

What held you back then, and how do you think your life would be different if you'd taken the plunge? Any regrets, or did dodging that bullet lead to something better? Share your career crossroads stories!

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A couple: Got dentistry but passed so that I can try from MBBS, later neither got MBBS nor dentistry 🥲

Got selected in IIM Indore but chose to stay in job…didn’t got hike for 2 consecutive years due to COVID 🥲

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What's Your Biggest Professional ""What If?""

If you hadn't taken that job/moved to that city/studied that subject, where do you think you'd be now? Any regrets?

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What's a stupid career move that you still regret to this day?

My story: I quit my stable good job with just one offer in hand back in December 2019, I wanted to enjoy the long December break before taking up the new role in January..

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Out of 100 companies came for campus placement, I still joined TCS.

Took an online course on Product Management worth ₹65k as a fresher non-tech background

Joined a web3 company briefly, everyone is so delusional

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by DancingBananaAdvanced Micro Devices

I turned down a job at a unicorn startup to stick with my stable corporate gig. Now they've IPO'd and I'm kicking myself. What 'playing it safe' decision do you regret the most?

Back in 2018, I had an offer from a fast-growing fintech startup. The salary was lower, the hours looked brutal, and the whole thing seemed risky. I chose to stay at my comfortable Big Tech job instead. Fast forward to now: that startup ...