Interesting poll. Right now, I'm home with my daughter, but also doing childcare for another toddler, so it's like being a teacher, kind of, on a small scale. Most of my career has been in Admin work, because I like helping/supporting people and I tend to aim well below my abilities in order to have sure success (seriously, you can imagine how embarrassing the question, "Oh, you went to Stanford, what do you do for a living?" is when you answer, "Admin" or "Childcare." I know these are important things, but I think people are always expecting that an ambitious education means an ambitious career. I have also substitute taught at a high school level. If I were to be ambitious, I'd want to publish my writing or one of the "helping" professions like teaching, counseling, etc. I'm too scared that doing so will take too much away from my loved ones or I will fail and hate myself.

To clarify: both admin or childcare are very demanding careers, but a lot of people shortchange them (along with education/support positions in general) and judge you for not "being more." Or maybe I am projecting. I could be president or a CEO and still think people were disappointed in me.