Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Unless you're executive ranks in your current field, or own the company, you'll probably net more if you go fly and make it to a major... if you hurry.
I’ve been self employed since 2003 in a niche sector of industry but I’ve lost the passion for this line of work a few years ago. The wife and I have been diligent about retirement savings since we met in our mid-twenties, so we are well fortified. But now the decision is whether to do something that I’m not passionate about until a planned retirement at 57 (if I can tolerate it that long) or switch gears and do something I think I’d love and work longer (and presumably) happier. The solace is that the engineering gig is a solid fallback. But the wildcard in the decision is to forecast how many years of the drop in QOL as i work through the regional ranks to enough build time and experience to be ripe for a major. The big unkonwn...
