I love finance, I generally love helping people and playing a role in their lives being made even a fraction better through my actions. Coming from nowhere, I decided to try to step into banking on the retail side - seemed like a good fit. Honestly, my issue with my job right now is it feels too much like a sales role. If I wanted to spend my days pushing people onto products, I would’ve leaned into that (and at least chosen an industry or company whose products I fully believe in).
I know there are jobs in this sector that will fit better, I just wanna put my best foot forward at all times and hear experiences of how *you* succeeded in leaving retail. Or how you secured your back office job without those cushy degrees/schools on your resume.
I live in New York, I’m a train ride away from NYC, I have no children, or debt - I know I can do this with time and effort.