Well an update from what happened. I have had a formal offer but my wife thinks I should pass and I need to think this one through. Even with the 50% raise and the future possiblities. The job is structured to be Senior MGR which is a fairly new position from a growing Italian based company. The plus side is that after 3 plus years I would have 5-6 people doing this job and I would be managing these accounts through my own department. The bad is that I would have all the high end big accounts which would include all of North America, South America, Puerto Rico, Mexico, parts of the Middle East and China. The clause in the contract is that it would be a minimum of 8 weeks, not to exceed 16. Plus there is an outside chance of being away from my family for up to 3 straight weeks at a time. Aside from being away for that amount of time, I am not too fond of traveling to the Middle East (mainly Saudi Arabia) and some of the more poorer regions of South America. For one thing I dont want to be part of another countries Civil War. Plus the Middle East just scares the bejesus out of me right now. Not a very good time to be a Westerner. I just dont feel too welcome in those parts of the World. I have til the beginning of January to make a decision. I have two other jobs that I am going to push hard on now for a backup. One is a small Engineering Firm while the other is another firm doing contract work for NASA which seems pretty interesting and keeps me in the Country.