I apologize for the confusion on a couple points. First, I actually hold a bachelor's degree from UW. I graduated early thanks to hating the monotony of high school and starting college early. Second, I have many interests and am very open minded as to what I do for a career. I got a business degree for a reason, and I love the business cycle and enjoy leading and developing people. In terms of industries, I have always enjoyed anything tech related and most of my co-workers make fun of me for not having been a programmer or something involving more data analysis. I love anything tech / quality product related. I've been considering teaching myself more Java or C# or an equivalent to open some new doors, I just don't have the time in this season of life to learn it as fast as I'd like.
As for title inflation, there is a little but not nearly as much as one would think. Most of my day to day work involves payroll, forecasting, data analysis, and developing my assistant managers. It has presented some very interesting and challenging work in this position, but any more the schedule is wearing me thin for the amount I am paid. Maybe I am looking for too much too soon, but I have always been rewarded for being overly ambitious in the past.
And yes, Redmond area is terribly expensive, I do love my very affordable kitsap.