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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you sound a lot like my DH. For the first 5-7 years he was a fed, his sense of mission and work made him feel like it was fine that he was making less than his peers (he was in biglaw before and took a paycut to go into the fed gov). Then he moved up in his agency, and soured on the sense of mission as he saw how politics played into his work. Before that he definitely felt like he had great work life balance, good colleagues in the gov, and felt like he was doing good in the world and that his gov job was a great career opportunity.

Once DH lost the sense of mission in his gov job, he became more focused on the financial aspects of his job, and more keenly aware that his former biglaw colleagues were making more. Eventually this combination drove him back to private practice/biglaw, and (honestly) he is MUCH, MUCH happier than he was as a fed.

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That hits home really hard for me - - and I think a lot of my Agency.  A LOT of people are looking to jump.[/quote]

SAME! We aren't doing it for the money. But when the politics of the agency and the mission go downhill, what's left? [/quote]

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