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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I need some advices on whether I should give up my career to help DH move higher.

I am a tenured full professor making about 190k and my DH's career skyrocketed past couple years and now is in an EVP position in corporate making around 7 figures.  We have four young children but between outsourcing for help and my flexible hours, we managed to make it work while keeping both our careers in track.  However, for my DH to progress further, the fastest way is for him to take an international position within his own company for 3-5 years, which means I may need to give up my job if the family needs to move with him.

I am not sure what to do in this situation.  On one hand, I love my job, feel respected in my institution, and find the research part intellectually stimulating and the teaching part very rewarding.  The job is cushy with good benefits (we are on my health insurance), amazing flexibility, and summer/winter off.   On the other hand, I also know that my earnings/growth has pretty much plateaued as I am not interested in moving into admin nor have the time to become a superstar in my field while my DH still has room for growth.  But if I do give up and move overseas, it would be very hard to get back into academia as the job market is super competitive.

I know we are very privileged to even be in this position, but what do you think I should do in this situation?[/quote]

Hell no[/quote]

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