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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Jeff, maybe this could be the catalyst to move out of CA, or maybe the architecture field in general? I can tell you for certain, things aren't nearly as dire when you get away from the coasts.
One of the most talented aircraft interior guys I worked with was trained as an architect. Wanna move to Wichita? 
Since you're free next week  , you should come meet me in Northridge.
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Sounds like a good plan.
We do have family friends in Wichita... Let's just say all options are on the table right now.
The primary reason I stay in CA is for my wife. She LOVES her job at Disney and she has very serious upward potential there. Case in point, she just got her annual performance review and it was excellent. They really do want her to get into full-blown management there (think about it - salaried management position with a Fortune 500 company... Not too shabby). There's just no positions open right now. Everything is frozen and on hold. But if she stays, she WILL make it in. No doubt. And she's happy there - more than can be said about any other job I've ever seen her work in her life. So that matters.
I've told her point blank if she ever decides she doesn't want to be there anymore I'll be waiting in the alley with the car packed and the engine running. I gave up on CA a long time ago. It's not the same place I fell in love with years ago. I stay for her sake and to keep her happy and I make the best of it and try to focus on the bright spots. I've no doubt that CA is dying overall but there are isolated bright spots (like a career with Disney for my wife) that make it worth hanging onto - at least for now.
I do have several out-of-state prospects, so I'm going to pursue them. Obviously that would put her in quite a spot though having to give up her likeable and very promising career to go work yet another job she'll probably hate somewhere else, like she did for so many years before she got to where she is now...
There's a lot more to this story but I'll tell you in person if we end up meeting up. Way too much to get into here.