Excellent points made by Bitme. QOL to me was spending time with the family. My 2 cents. I live in domicile (mem). The plan was to gain seniority, move and become a commuter. But while living in domicile I was home a LOT for the family. Hence life is so much easier living in domicile so we stayed. This provided more options for bidding $eats and lines etc... I was able to bid A300 captain in just under 10 years (school house only 3 times-new hire, f/o, and capt.). I have personally bid reserve over my past 10 yrs and spent a lot of QT at home with the family (where I fly to was not that important to me). Even though I'm very junior in the left seat now I still have never missed a birthday, Thanksgiving or Christmas including this year--knock on wood! You're only junior once and that is your date of hire. The rest is up to you. Good luck!!!