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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To me, it depends whether or not you are bored at your current position. I dialed it down for years when my kids were young during my 30s. Now I am getting back into my career. I was bored and have loved getting back on the ladder now that my kids are in school[/quote] I think it's this basically (plus perhaps a bit more) ... you have to know yourself. What would YOU be comfortable with in 5 or 10 or 15 years? Would you rather have the more predictable job with a better work-life balance while your kids grow up? Or are you OK with taking on much more and getting more $$ rewards in return for a far greater demand on your time (which means time away from family things). That's a highly personal choice that only you can know. In my case I passed on leaving a mid- senior govt. management position as well as Senior Executive Service positions because I didn't need/want the BigLaw pressure (along with the uncertainty now, there is no assurance you'll have a job next year), and I also didn't want to wallow in the b.s. of an SES position insofar as it requires endless jumping to the tune of numerous often clueless political appointees of both parties. So a GS 15/10 salary was fine with the work-life balance tradeoff and I still got to do interesting work. Friends who are in the SES and who are partners in private practice (BigLaw and not so BigLaw) said they often wish they could trade places with me. YMMV. Good luck.[/quote] Do you think that's where you'll be forever, at GS 15 give or take? Or are there going to be opportunities in 5 or 10 years when you might be more ready?[/quote]
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