I kind of stumbled into my current career about 10 years ago after doing a bit of everything before that — retail, F&B, call center, etc.
I’ve been with the same company (private sector, education-adjacent) for the last decade and had a few promotions along the way:
- Started as an admin assistant
- Promoted after ~2 years to executive assistant, supporting 2 senior executives
- Promoted again after ~2 years to executive coordinator, supporting those same execs plus the broader leadership team
I’m in my 40's and I’d honestly assumed this was probably where I’d plateau — not in a bad way, just realistically. I figured this was about as high as I could go in my current organization unl

