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[quote=Anonymous]I think coming back to work after SAHMhood is like any other experience: it's what you make of it.  I had to take two steps back, career-wise, after I stayed at home with my son for his first two years.  I interviewed for a staff job with a state agency, for 20% less than I had made the last year before I stopped working.  I worked for an IT agency that served the law enforcement community.  I had no IT experience or knowledge, but I was willing to learn and, as a former prosecutor, I filled a big hole for them in terms of user community relations.

Did I enjoy it?  Certainly not the work portion.  But I loved the people and I learned a ton about IT, which I suspect will pay off in the future.  The most important thing: I got to transition back into the workplace somewhat gradually, in a position where the demands were somewhat lighter than in my former job, so that by the time my dream job came along with another state agency I was able to make a very smooth adjustment.  If I had only focused on what I was losing by taking a 'lesser' job, I wouldn't have been able to make the most of what my transition job had to offer me.

The moral of the story is straight from Goerthe: "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."  Take what you can get, and run from there.  Five years from now you'll be back on top.[/quote]

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