[TheAdamAndChe]

I'm 23. I have a goal of $2.4 million dollars by age 60. I currently have $4.3k saved. I'm having trouble meeting my goals because I am having trouble finding work. I live in the third largest city in my state, but it's not a city positively affected by globalization, so unemployment is high and wages are low. I can't move because my wife has a career started here. Such is life.

[tehlike]

where are you based, and what do you do?

[TheAdamAndChe]

Southern Missouri. I'm trying to get a career started in IT with an end goal of becoming a penetration tester. I've got a year and a half of tech support experience, several certifications, and am currently working on a degree. All tech jobs at my level in my area have been outsourced, unemployment is high here, and economic growth is slow. This has made it very tough to get started.

[tehlike]

could you move out of state?

[TheAdamAndChe]

Nope. Like I said in my post, my wife has a career started here, and I am not leaving her just to chase a career that is likely to be outsourced in the next decade.

[tehlike]

Outsourced is probably not going to happen at a full capacity.

I would consider places where you two could have reasonable careers.

For example, sf is good for tech, but ny might be good for both finance and tech. Now might not be the right time, but after her promo might be a better time.