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[quote=Anonymous]I'm currently facing a big career decision, and need some advice. All of my friends with kids/babies have lives where one of the parents works a demanding job and the other parent either stays home with the kids, works part-time or works a 9-5 job with no evening or weekend work. We have a 6 month old baby and both work; my husband is a journalist and works whenever the news breaks (which is always) and I have a great job where I set the hours (8-4 normally), however there's no more room for me to grow at my company and I'm admittedly getting a bit bored. I have the opportunity to accept this incredible new job opportunity, and while it'll be demanding and challenging for sure, it'll also be exciting. It's a corporate job, so it's also about twice what I make now, meaning we could afford to have a second kid in a couple of years and sell our condo and buy an actual house. However, it also comes with longer hours and travel. We have no family in the area (closest relatives are in NYC and we're in DC), so we can't call someone to pick our daughter up from daycare on the nights where we'd both have to work late. Do I pass up on this opportunity and wait another year until she's a bit older to look at jobs (the thought of being away from her makes my heart hurt), or do I accept this opportunity and try to negotiate the hours/travel, etc? I would love some advice from couples where both people work demanding jobs and have kids, and really hear from you what's been good and hard about it. I know the decision is ultimately mine (and my husband's) to make, but I would really appreciate some advice from people who have been there. Thank you so much![/quote]

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