Holy hell, anxiety is kicking in... just got the read receipt ...

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I'm rootin' for the transfer, (back?) maybe we'd get the pre-season games, lol.

Definitely go for it!

😝

My boss said he'd pass it on, whatever that means.

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Sounds like you already had your mind made up. Best of luck to you.

He's a sodbuster, not wired for world-travel, at least in the business-sense. Home is where the heart is, I always thought mine would be back in the D.C. area, wound up being Pennsylvania... my theory being that I am close enough to the megalopolis to satisfy my "Big-city" desires...

...But the deeries and the bears and the squirellies live here with me. I got Wisconsin with some lame-ass mountains, but those lame-ass mountains are within a mile.

You couldn't get me out of this place if you handed me a pick-six lotto ticket in trade, and I have been around the world-wide block, so to speak.

The whole advancement thing-vs.-moving is usually way over-rated, imo.

I do believe my wife would dig Wisconsin, but that will never happen. (Her phobia-thing) I love the dirt there. I'm still a sodbuster, but with an Eastern outpost. 😇

I more or less had my mind made up I was going to inquire about it, but I like others input on decisions. It helps me think outside the box and cover more ground. I might be smart, but I don't know everything.

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I admire those who are grounded and connected to a place that way.

I've never felt that kind of connection. All but about 4 years of my life have been spent in either north-central Wisconsin or eastern Iowa. Yet I feel no deep connection to either place. Oh, there are bits I like about Iowa and bits I miss about Wisconsin. But there are bits I miss about the other places I've lived (London, St. Louis) as well. Heck, there are things I miss about many of the places I've only spent a few days in (Memphis, Texas, Scotland, Durham (UK, not NC), southern England).

Lots of places I'd like to go back to visit from time to time. But a place I feel like "this is where I'm right"? Nope.

But if you are, Kevin, I envy you.

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Kevin-

It's hard to give advice without being in your shoes. Each circumstance is different, and unless you can foresee the future there's no guarantees on what's the best thing to do.

So I won't give any advice, but will just state that my personal philosophy has always been to enjoy what I'm doing and if it got to the point where I wasn't, then do something else.

I wasn't enjoying my last job. To me, there were other things worth more than money, so I took a sizable pay cut to move to my current job. Two weeks after I switched jobs it was announced that my old place was shutting down. So for me, it worked out--I got into a position where I'm happier with what I'm doing and, even though I took a pay cut, was better off for me long-term.

Whatever you decide, good luck, and hope you are happy with however your situation works out.

Bob

Do the two years then look for a job in Green Bay. Experienced IT people can pretty much punch their own ticket.

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Both positions are IT. My current is software programmer, the other is a systems support specialist, which is responsible for 200+ users.


My concern with waiting the two years and then finding a job is then I have to do everything within two weeks. I'll have two weeks to find a place to live, get Keiana in school, etc ... and most companies are not that flexible. They want someone to start right away, but two weeks is the norm.

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