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Here's your money briefing for Thursday August 10th. I'm JR Welland for the Wall Street Journal.

Not everyone's career path is the same and some people make decisions along the way that can

cost them time and money. The mistakes really ranged from jumping after a higher dollar salary

offer elsewhere to company without a cultural fit or trying to become a changemaker in a setting

that wasn't ready for that to recognizing that some of those moves came with dead end career paths.

We'll talk to WSJ's Dometria Gallegos and a vice president of finance who's misstep during

her climb up the ladder caused her career to stall. That's after the break.

The Wall Street Journal asked readers and listeners what was their biggest career mistake

and what they learned from it. Among those who responded was 36-year-old Georgia resident

WSJ.com on. She's now the vice president of finance at a nonprofit and has been working in the field

for about 15 years. For me being in accounting and finance it was over-focusing on certifications.

So I am a CPA, a CMA. I went for my MBA and I thought that having all these credentials

were going to magically make my career amazing in all ways but I came to find out there was more

that was needed and that extra was definitely the soft skills. Now looking back what would you tell

your young yourself if you were just starting out your career now? Definitely be balanced in what

you decide to learn in your professional development. So I went for my CPA I think right after I

should have gone from some type of leadership workshop right. I went for my CMA. Another step

could have been how to be better at data storytelling, negotiation, even sales. So for me it's really

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