Incidentally, I love what I do and can’t imagine either switching again or retiring.
I almost had another step in the career trajectory. Early in my consulting career, I was sort of offered a position in the US government (Deputy Undersecretary of Policy or maybe Deputy Secretary of Policy – I’m not great on titles – or something like that in a field that I knew nothing about). I was invited to go to DC to be interviewed by the new Secretary but that before they would finalize, I had to agree that if he offered me the job at the end of the interview, I would say yes. Given that I was supposed to be his right-hand man, saying yes without meeting him seemed crazy and I turned down the interview. I’m not sure I would have said yes and I’m pretty sure my wife would not have wanted to live in DC, but who knows.