Dear Bison: March 2006

[ElliotR]

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The question I have, since you like your job, is what benefit you'll get out of this promotion. Will it give you the chance to work less? Will you be significantly better off financially? Will it be even more interesting?

Because you're looking at 2 year commitment to a 60-70 hour work week in order to get a position (not guaranteed) that may have the same or even more obligations.

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Excellent point. The promotion will cut my hours for sure, but not to a normal 40-hour week. More like 50-55 hours. As for "better off" financially, my income would quintuple to seven figures. But I'm perfectly content with what I make now. It will not be signficantly more interesting than it is now, but it is already very interesting.

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I'm not being cute when I say that your kid and your wife are the here and now and you only get to enjoy this time with them once.

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An even better point. Thank you.