I don’t mean to sound disrespectful or mean spirited in any way.

I think you are basing your self worth on the supposed “prestige” of your job. And that is ridiculous.

You work to survive. Plain and simple. Finance isn’t my passion, it’s what I’m good at. I do this to survive.

If your work defines your entire identity to the point where a you feel bad about a 160k job, then you have bigger problems, emotionally and mentally speaking, then bad career choices.

I’m not saying it’s wrong to be ambitious, I’m not saying it’s wrong to want to work in a front office role.... what I AM saying is it’s wrong to think less of yourself as a person when you are making more money than ~95% of the people that have ever lived on the face of the Earth.

There are very, VERY, few people in this world who are fortunate enough to have their “passion” sustain them. 99% of the people simply tolerate their work in order to survive. There is nothing wrong with that. And there is no guarantee dentistry would have made you any happier.

If you’re still dead set on leaving, I would work for a few years and save as much money as possible.

Your job does not define you.