Kalinda has a high-paying job at an investment company and lives outside of Boston with her fiancé. They love running in the parks near their home after work and mountain biking and skiing on the weekends. The problem is that Kalinda works such long hours that she never actually gets to enjoy these activities. She grows to hate her job, finally interviewing with a smaller company that offers her a salary that’s only 60% of her current position — but with a more reasonable work schedule and the chance of a partnership within three years that would entail a much higher expected compensation. She ultimately decides that’s just too risky, so she stays in her current job.
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