I am a Ph.D. Quantitative Analyst working in the financial sector. In my industry, it seems that people switch jobs every 2-3 years, if not more. If you don't switch, it almost looks a bit weird, like you have no ambition or you couldn't get hired elsewhere. This leads to the following question.
How can I ever settle down, buying a house, and making a home? The only cities I could live in long term (i.e. they have enough jobs for me to switch between) are super high cost of living (NYC, DC, Boston, etc.) and buying a house would make my relatively high salary completely pointless, and it would likely also include a long, painful commute.
The cities I can afford (Pittsburgh, Columbus, etc.) only have one or two companies that hire people like me and I would likely never be able to attain long term stability and create a "home."
My wife and I are about to start a family, and we are trying to settle down, but this problem seems insurmountable. I'd love to hear the thoughts of everyone here.
Submitted April 23, 2017 at 07:21PM by -walk http://ift.tt/2paToDo
