The wife an I were driving around after dinner last night looking at a few houses and out of the blue my former boss shoots me a text, "Still thinking about Colorado? I need a network guy."
Now, a little back story..
My wife and I have always talked about living in that area of the country and I never got the opportunity to get stationed there (Colorado Springs) while I was in the Army. I've known soo many people that have gone there and stayed there or absolutely loved it while they were there. My boss left about 2 weeks ago to move back to be with his family (long story). I mentioned to him that I've always been interested going out that way, but never had any business contacts. Told him that i'd keep in touch and if he ever heard of something to please reach out. I consider him somewhat of a mentor and we had a pretty good working relationship over the last year and a half; I don't think he'd be setting me up for failure.
Its a step in the right direction for me career wise, but its a pretty big leap of faith. Pays a bit more, but really not much more if you factor in CoL. Things a super affordable here in NC and we do alright for ourselves. Just, I absolutely hate the town we live in and only agreed because of her dad watches our kid during the day (payments made in Jameson
). Its like a 40 minute drive each way to work but the property taxes are soo much lower here and money goes a lot further with a house. Without getting too personal, I have a pretty shitty family dynamic with my parents and brother that I'm really tired of trying to make work and step on eggshells dealing with them. Her parents are basically going to follow us wherever because that just their thing I guess.
I've got a house, my wife has a job, our son is 2.5yrs old, both our families, etc etc.... There are soo many unknowns associated with packing up the wagon and heading west.
TLDR, leave NC for CO..what do you think?