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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Work as a govt project manager for a technical agency (NIST), making about $150k.

Everything is so expensive, from housing, to saving for college, to daycare.  DW is in a good paying job that she loathes and I can tell she dies each day dropping off kids at daycare every morning.

I have applied to dozens of jobs, had 2 dozen interviews, and receive probably a dozen offers, and NONE of them pay anymore than I make now.

How do people make the leap to a bigger salary; for DW to quit I need to make at least $250k, but I can't even break $200k?

I'm mid-career, late 30s with some programming skills, project management, and domain knowledge in our contract specialty at NIST (so it's pretty niche).  Do I need to get an advanced degree?  Get an MBA?

I would love to get a sales engineer job, I think I would be a good fit as someone who is technically proficient and personable, but no bites and all the postings look for existing sales engineer experience.  Am I wrong in thinking that could pay more than $200k (at like Salesforce or Google or something?).

I know many people must be making these numbers, as we see people buying crazy expensive houses and the wives SAH or have part time yoga gigs.  But what I am doing wrong?

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OP, you have a great job.  Decent pay, excellent benefits.  The grass isn't always greener on the other side, especially the private sector.  Does your wife want to stay home with your kid(s) and stop working because she would prefer to be a SAHM, or does she still want to work?  Even if you get a 250K salary, it won't be nearly as secure as your current gig.  It sounds like you and your wife value security.  Your govt. job gives you that.  Maybe she could work part time? NIST is close to Frederick County, you can buy way more house there than in MOCO....though even Frederick is getting expensive.[/quote]

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