Late 40s: stick with high pay or switch to rare government job opportunity

[Anonymous]

OP, I know it's not CalPERS (Sacramento, most come from SF or LA) or NY State Common Retirement (Albany, most people come from NYC) since you're going for a higher COL.

Is this Texas for Teacher Retirement System (Austin)?

You don't have to give away any info but I have close friends in the industry. It is generally much better quality of life working at the state pension funds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dumb idea. You’ll be on probationary terms your first year. You’ll be first to go in the next RIF.

It's a little different for niche finance skill sets if you are at a state pension fund or similar.

[Anonymous]

I’d prefer not to share additional details since the market is quite small. I can only say the role is similar to the type of organization you mentioned. I am not from LA or SF.

Anonymous wrote:OP, I know it's not CalPERS (Sacramento, most come from SF or LA) or NY State Common Retirement (Albany, most people come from NYC) since you're going for a higher COL.

Is this Texas for Teacher Retirement System (Austin)?

You don't have to give away any info but I have close friends in the industry. It is generally much better quality of life working at the state pension funds.

[Anonymous]

Take the gov job. Even with RIF they are more secure than private sector.