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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Glad to hear people are making it work. It will be a bit sad to see the savings rate go down, but I guess that's what public service is all about. Will definitely need to try hard to avoid the keeping up with the Joneses attitude though as most of our friend circle is in finance, consulting, tech etc. so we'll just have to accept being the less well off ones haha.[/quote]

Why do you want to go into public service? I've been in public service my whole career, and all my friends are as well. Not to discourage you, but you may not really be the public service type if you haven't already gravitated there and that's where your friends would be already. Those of us who do do it because we always had an inherently strong desire to do it.  It was never even a question if I would go for the money.  There are some who do private sector at the beginning of their careers to pay back loans but they never intend to stay long.  [/quote]

OP here. It's something I've always wanted to do. It's why I got into my career in the first place. I did a brief public service-ish stint for a couple years straight out of school, and worked in the private sector afterwards to earn money and set myself up for the type of public sector positions I'd want down the road. I find the work on that side more interesting and more rewarding.

Of course, the motives aren't purely selfless- the types of jobs I'd be looking into would also translate well to a bigger paycheck after walking through the revolving door again. [/quote]

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