I feel my career as a solicitor is at a standstill – should I try something else

[Monirul Islam]

I work as a solicitor and earn a reasonable amount of money; however I have not had any career advancement for 10 years (I am 37). I feel that many younger, less experienced and less able people than me seem to be rocketing up in life, while I am ignored. Looking back, even at casual jobs I had as a teenager, my bosses often seem to have found fault with me, or I've been completely invisible to them, despite a burning ambition to do well in life. I sometimes wonder whether I should dump my career as a lawyer and try another – but my fear is I would be no better, while forfeiting a good salary that I need to support my children.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/03/solicitor-career-standstill-try-something-else