I am confused. I work as a paralegal basically (although more interesting position) and I'm 30. I want to retire early and save a lot of money, but I just graduated with my accounting masters and am taking the CPA exams.
My job lined up for January pays $57,000 (+$4,000 for CPA materials) and my current job is now rocking at $103,000+ ($71,000 base plus overtime). Overtime is not guaranteed and I've hit a wall in my career growth here (as in, there is nothing above me to aspire to in this job). I don't want to be here forever, but it stinks that my pay goes like this:
2013: New job, $57,000 Old job: $103,000
2014: New job, $60,000 Old job $103,000
2015: New job jump ship $75,000 Old job: $103,000
2016: New job $85,000-100k Old job $105,000
Again, old job money is not guaranteed and I will be in the same old boring job. New job is risky as who knows if my salary will go up like that or if I will get stuck or hate it.
UGH.