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Yeah, I get the fork in the road kind of thing. I've had many. I've always taken the path of least resistance.

I applied to only one college. I went to the same school that my parent and all of my aunts and uncles went to. By August of my senior year of high school, I knew where I was going to college and had a much lower stress year than many of my classmates.

My sophomore year of college, I was considering transferring to U of I to finish my degree. I ultimately decided against it because I'd have to start all over at a new school. Was it the right decision? I have no idea, but my current employer employs a lot of people from U of I and I did pay much less for my degree.

I was considering law school after I graduated. Had a great business law professor who got me really interested in the subject. I never pursued it. I never even looked at any law schools.

I accepted the first job offer I got. Heck, I never even sent out any resumes. I got a phone call for an interview in August of my senior year, made it through three rounds of interviews, and accepted a job offer by September. My dad had quit his job at IBM in 1980 over some minor dispute with his boss. 20 years later and he had 3 failed companies to his name and couldn't hold a job with someone else because he bristled not be able to do everything his own way. I was looking for stability and signed on with a company that is uber stable.

How would my life be if I graduated from a different college? Got a law degree? Got hired by a dot com that went bust and set me on a roller coaster career path? I don't know.