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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.

Came to close the loop, since I hate it when people ask for advice and then never tell us what happens. It's like watching a movie and leaving before the ending.

In any case, talked it over with the wife and we agreed that there's two basic drivers here - 1. She hates her job with the fury of a thousand fire ants, 2. She would like to spend more time with the kids. But on balance, the real reason she wants to jump off a cliff is #1, and we decided that before we go and quit - and perhaps do something that is somewhat irreversible, we should at least feel like we've exhausted other avenues. Moreover, digging deeper, its clear the commute and general inflexibility of her job is whats driving the frustration.

With that, she's going to double down on looking for something closer in to NWDC (anyone hiring? :) ) and we'll see how that goes. If in a few months we are still in the same boat, we'll reassess.

For the most part the responses on this thread were thoughtful and I just want to say thanks for those of you that took the time to write something out. Clearly, it isn't a cut and dry decision - and boy is it a thorny topic apparently - but the context from others was helpful in framing my thought process and trying to better understand the root problems.

Thanks.
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