<prompt> Human: Hello all! Its my first time posting here! I hope I read the rules right, so forgive me if Ive done something wrong. Heres a little about myself.Im 26 years old, and have been working in food service since I was 15. Right now Ive been working almost 3 years at a local restaurant. Its like a Steak and Shake where its not exactly fast food, but its not a fancy dine in restaurant either. Its a smaller franchise, so its not well known in our area. Since Ive started, weve grown sales quite a bit. Last year alone weve had the largest increase since the store opened 10 years ago. Given the trends, the owner is now opening another store in a neighboring city and is already thinking of more. Right now I work as a store manager, among 4 other store managers. I make 12hr, 40 hours a week with a little overtime sometime. When the other store opens, its likely the owner will take a couple of the other managers and have them exclusive to the new store. I already know Im staying at my store, because the general manager insisted I stay in fact Im probably the only one keeping her there.I love my job, dont get me wrong, but I want to look to the future. I almost made 30,000 last year, which is a good milestone for me. However I want to do more. My way of life is sustainable now. I dont have many debts, and those I have I am paying off little by little. However, I dont really have time for fun stuff like going out, video games, and things like that. Most of the money I make go to bills and food. My wife works, but only gets minimum wage 25 hours a week. The extra couple hundred dollars she brings in helps a lot so we dont have to worry too much about overspending. Eventually in about 5 years she wants to have kids though, and Im worried we wont make enough to be able to support us comfortably. I dont like making just the bare minimum to get by. I want to have insurance, an emergency fund, savings, etc. Right now I cant manage that. So the real question Im asking is what kind of career path should I follow with my experience as a restaurant manager? I dont plan on quitting anytime soon, I know Ill be there for a couple more years. I dont really want to leave because I dont want to let my other managers down. Were kind of like a little family. But in the end I need to worry about my real family. Is there a different or similar line of work that pays more that my experience managing restaurants would help me in?  <response>: Short-term I think you should look into management opportunities at a different restaurant. At 12 an hour id imagine servers are making more than you with their tips. You can definitely make more as a manager somewhere else. Long term, theres tons of great aspects to managing and working in customer service that look great on your resume for other types of jobs. 