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Old Aug 28, 2010 | 8:46 pm
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DevilDog438
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
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I am a FF due to corporate travel. In the field that I am employed (IT consulting), I would not make the salary that I do if I was not willing to travel. Where I live (Baltimore, MD suburbs), my salary allows me to afford to give my wife the opportunity to be a stay-at-home mom and homeschool my children. Conservative estimates from years of looking at non-travel jobs indicate that my salary would decrease by as much as 40% and she would have to go back to work; so, I sacrifice my time with my family in order to provide her with her dream.
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