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Regular employee is different from contract, as contractor's taxes will be (much) higher and you have benefits such as health insurance included in your salary. I bet that $41/hr as a regular employee goes a lot farther than $50/hr as a contractor. Though that does still seem underpaid for 10 years' experience.

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Yeah, all that had crossed my mind too, thanks for your comment on that. The reason I took this position was largely influenced by the fact I'd have a life. Having a commuting reduction from 2 hours each way to 20 minutes each way has made a huge difference in my quality of life. It's just that now I'd like to try to get more, and I'm in a better position to focus more time on getting myself up to a higher level(rather than fighting for a seat on mass transit).

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