Another Career Change

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Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars

Glad to hear you'll be able to spend more time with your family. It's too bad civic professions (fire, police, teaching, etc.) are not more lucrative. We need good people in those fields. Unfortunately, good people can usually make a lot more money elsewhere.

I almost feel sorry for the department because they try desperately to hang on to people with experience and college degrees but they just can't. The vast majority end up going to the private sector and making twice as much money.