Sean Pyles

I would do exactly what I did all over again, living in San Francisco and in Oakland, being able to find my career opportunities.

And, you know, I'll be honest here.

I actually saved very little money before I got my job at NerdWallet.

But, hey, I had a wonderful time living in the city that gave me the lifestyle that I wanted.

Yes.

Everyone listening, this is our producer, Tess, who we call on from time to time to impart career wisdom because she literally wrote a book on how to navigate your career.

We always love to have you here.

So what would you do, Tess?

Yes.

That reminds me of a piece of advice I've heard where it's not necessarily about the decision that you make, but what you do with that decision.

Yes.

So you can always learn from a quote-unquote wrong decision or one that doesn't make you as happy as you thought and choose differently next time.

And hey, our listener is at least thinking about these things.

They're looking down the road to see how their decisions now might pan out in the future, which is more than I could say for myself at this time.

So good for them for even thinking about retirement savings at this early age.

Yeah.

Elizabeth, I didn't know that you worked at a call center.

I did too in the summers over college.

And I think that in some ways that job really primed me for what I'm doing now and what you're doing now.

Absolutely.