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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't believe my first post here in the forum is to disclose my salary.

DH and I both went to top journalism school. He has a BA, and I have a master's degree. When he and I graduated in 2010, he found a entry level TV producer job in Florida, work hour is 11pm-7am. Yes, the grave yard shift. And the best part? The salary--22K. To make things worse, I couldn't even find a job over there. I ended up working in another city 8 hours driving distance away and lived separately with DH for 2 years. I didn't get a job in journalism simply because the pay is too low. I found a job in an import/export company instead.

Now fast forward to 2015. DH found a job in DC. I am still working with my first employer. I got to work from home but the salary is only 40k. With an infant I only works part time so the pay is now down to less than 20k. DH's salary is much better than before (we are talking about 40k with 4 years of grave yard shifts) but it's still only 80k.

I am looking for a job right at the moment, that's how I ended up here on this post. Please, anyone tell me how to land on a job that pays as well as you do?   :cry:[/quote]

I feel you.  Both DH and I have advanced degrees from a solid institution.  I am not very happy with my salary or growth potential, but the job search isn't going well.  (I'm a Fed, but I'm excepted, so I don't get priority consideration for positions.)  DH has more growth potential, but I haven't seen anything come to fruition.  He works 60 hours a week, travels a lot, and he makes about the same as your DH.

One advantage you have is the flexibility to stay home with your child.  DH and I are don't have many babymaking years left, and I think we've given up, partly because we both have unpredictable, impossible schedules.  And we can't afford a nanny.  Regular daycare wouldn't suffice.

I feel like we did everything right, but we're trapped.  We're not building a family, and we're not really building meaningful careers.  And time is running out.

Applying for jobs is soul-sucking.  You are supposed to stay confident and positive in order to market yourself, but it's hard.  No matter how much you have done or how much education you have, even secretarial postings are written in such a way to make you feel unqualified.  You can't just submit a resume.  Every position has its own application process, complete with elaborate personality tests.

And networking...  I hate feeling like I'm using people or exploiting friendships.  [/quote]

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