Salary & benefit negotiations

[Frenchy]

Man, without knowledge of your full financial picture, I would take the extra time off. Life's too short to miss out on opportunities to do what you love to do. 12-15K isn't a ton of money in the grand scheme of things. And as Big Fin always says, you will run out of health before you ever run out of money.

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

Unfortunately some life stuff happened so this is all going down in Missouri. My eight year old daughter is here (in MO) and I’m not leaving her.

That being said after she’s old enough to go off to college I might end up back in New Mexico. I’m gonna struggle losing my residency.

This is the important part right there, sir! Being there for our kids. And acknowledging the entrapment of NM. We can leave whenever we want, seriously, but I’ll be comparing what I left behind wherever I go.