Nope, to begin with, the job I m working now is not even what I
wanted to do in the first place but I have managed to stay on the
job for approximately six years. The salary is peanuts compared to
people (in the same job as me) in other companies. Job satisfaction
is something I haven't felt a long time ever since two years
ago.
Looking back, if I was in the job that I wanted to do six years
ago, I would probably have undergone pay cuts, retrenchments
scares, unearthly hour wake-up calls to attend to customer
requests, etc, during the years the economy wasn't doing that
well.
Why compare with your friends, the more you compared, the more
inferior you will feel. Since you are in your mid-twenties, you had
plenty of time to achieve what you want in your career. Just list
down the goals, determine which are long-term ones, which are
short-term ones and make the effort to go for it.