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[quote=Anonymous]Here’s a story, OP.

My STBX made this choice about 6 years ago.
He took a pay cut from his finance job and came in as a 10. I quit my job to come with him to DC and took me a while to be re-established in a new career. It took him 5 years to get to 13 and it seems that promotions in his agency do not come very quickly in general. I’m a Fed now too at a completely different agency and even though I was a GS-7 two years ago, at my agency and in my current trajectory it is quite possible that I will be a 14 before he is. He has a bachelor’s and is not Type A. YMMV.

However, in those 5 years, he also took home substantial amounts in extra language pay, Travel per diems, and war zone premiums.

We’re doing pretty well now, but have also spent a lot of time apart and are now divorcing for reasons unrelated to his employment. I know other couples employed at his agency who do very well if they are able to travel together and as some PPs have mentioned, have no housing costs while posted, which is huge. But there really are no guarantees, and right now because of Covid-19 these things are getting canceled left and right.[/quote]

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