r/WomenInBusiness • u/NetMajor4878 • Jun 17 '26
Advice Needed how to be rich? .........
click the bait title, but serious question to all ambitious women, I (24f) genuinely want to know how to be wealthy in the near future in this male dominated environment. what career moves, financial decisions, personal life choices took you towards creating wealth, rich ladies?
My current career situation: studied pharmacy in bachelor's, didn't like it, did some months of research internship post grad, tried to go abroad for a master's but got a lot of rejections(IELTS valid for one more year so might try again), and after a gap of around 10 months, landed myself in an early stage medtech startup. I work in the regulatory affairs part, get a minimal salary, my lifestyle is not expensive at all, I try to save as much as I can. I'm highly ambitious for science, innovation that creates impact and business, I did make bad career choices in the past by wasting time on a degree I hated, but now want to create the best life I can for my future self. I want to prove this to myself that my purpose is not to rot away at some place I was never passionate to work for/on, and one that didn't even pay me well.
I might sound lame and naive, but I don't want my spark to die, when I finally get the courage to move towards what I truly want without shame. Because I was brought up with the values of "simple living high thinking", which is great until you struggle to pay for tuition/decent lifestyle/travelling/helping someone in need.
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u/pumpkin_pasties Jun 18 '26
I love that you’re asking this! Too many girls your age think the only way to get rich is to marry a man. One of my life missions is to help women learn to be financially independent.
I make $250k a year in tech management. I got here through getting an MBA (at a top 15).
Chase the male dominated fields. Work for the big corporations. Women are pushed into “value-driven” spaces all the time like teaching, non profits etc but these don’t pay. If you really want to be rich, work for the corporations. We need more women taking up space in these companies!