what are your career goals? curios about everyone else's

I’m not trying to go full career 180 overnight, but I am starting to shift. I'd love to bring my comms background into orgs like WWF, Amnesty, or National Geographic. just want to feel like I’m part of the solution, not just the machine

I don’t need dream job energy anymore. Just give me decent pay, kind coworkers, and a life outside of work. That’s the dream now

Still figuring it out 

I do wanna grow in my field, lead a small team, maybe build something cool. But I’m not chasing titles like I used to. I just wanna do good work with good people and not be stressed 24/7

Grew up in Ohio thinking success = leaving Ohio. Got into a coastal college, interned like hell, landed a tech job. Thought I made it. But now I’m 28, living in a city I barely like, working remote for a company I don't care about, and wondering what all of this was for.

my real goal now? Own a house back home with a porch. Still work in tech, but on my terms. Less hustle, more slow mornings. I don’t need to impress anyone anymore

i used to want to be a CMO. now i just wanna make enough money to fund my hobbies, stay in bed guilt-free on bad brain days LOL

i just want a job that pays well enough and ends at 5PM

I do wanna run something big someday. Maybe not a Fortune 500, but a small company with values I believe in. I like building things. I like strategy. I like leading, But I don’t want the grind to be my entire identity either. Balance or bust.

I wanna quit, grow tomatoes, and make zines tbh. Corporate drained the joy out of everything I used to love 😩

tbh? i just want to work with people i don’t secretly resent lol. i used to want the director title so bad but now i just want peace, fair pay, and some creative freedom. maybe lead a small team someday. but mainly? i don’t want work to eat me alive.

I lowkey wanna get into nonprofit tech. still wanna make money, but do work that feels more meaningful

work that lets me actually live. tired of attaching self-worth to performance reviews

I wanna mentor people. I didn’t have great managers coming up and I wanna be the one I needed

hoping to freelance full-time next year and eventually move abroad. 9–5 life isn’t for me anymore

goal used to be “director by 35” but now? I’m aiming for peace. less stress, more time for my kids