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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a tougher question that PPs are letting on, but the thing is that you won't know whether it's best for you until after you have kids...

I am in the same position - great Fed job with lots of flexibility and a wonderful boss, but the work is boring and not challenging.  When it was time for me to start a family, I decided to stay put because I knew my job would be great for being a mom.  It has been, in every way.  But I am still bored and looking for new challenges.  Now that I pay through the nose for childcare, it is really important to me that the hours I am away from my kids add up to something.  So I am looking to expand my career.  But friends in the same position feel as your mother does - that they don't care about their careers now that they have kids and are grateful for the flexible job.

Short answer - stay where you are and see how you feel after you have a baby.[/quote]

I strongly agree with this.  I thought after I had kids, my career wouldn't matter so much, but I actually find it more frustrating to be in a job that bores me.  However, I am loathe to give it up and go after something more because it is so great to have the flexibility.  I think you won't know for sure until you have kids.[/quote]

OP here -- This is a great point too.  I'm somewhat worried I will resent my boring job for taking me away from my kids, even if I am working at home.  The good news is we have family that will help with childcare part time, but we'll still probably need a nanny or daycare for part of the week. [b] I hate the idea of going to a job I don't love just to hand that $ over to someone else to watch my child.
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I like the ideas about always keeping my résumé out there and looking for opportunities.  Hopefully having kids will help me somewhat separate my identity from my job though, because I feel like graduating during a crummy economy has somewhat taken it's toll on my confidence in the professional arena.  Will be keeping my eyes open for a new job that maybe offers a mix of some flexibility (even if not the extent I have now) with a little more responsibility.[/quote]

I'm kind of in this scenario. I was financially able to negotiate down to part time because the job is really more part time than full time anyway- but its still very boring and well below my skill/ ability level. But I kind of am looking at this for the long haul. I have to keep something on my resume after a couple years gap for living abroad and going to graduate school. I hand over most of what I make to daycare (have to pay full time slot to stay- but I love it there so its worth it)- but what I am really doing is keeping my resume looking current so I can find something I really want down the road.

Sometimes we have to play the long game when thinking about career and family etc- a little give now a  little take later.[/quote]

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