This is great and I'm glad you're in a position where you can do this. I took a government job since the benefits are great and the pay is consistent and safe while I finish a degree. I got an amazing promotion into a completely unrelated field than what I enjoy (development), and the pay is far more than I ever expected to make, but not enough to save enough to be comfortable about leaving my job to pursue development. Unless I can find a entry level job that pays over $90k/yr in the midwest, I'm pretty much stuck at my boring, non-exciting job.