<prompt> Human: Ill try and be brief -Really like my current job Engineer, LOVE my current manager, like where I live, and other than not saving as much as I would like, life is great. I live in an extremely low cost of living part of the Midwest and make good pay for the area 80k 7-10 bonus. Problem is there is no room to grow where Im at besides my current managers job and Im pretty certain he has at least 6-8 years before he retires... and even then Im by no means promised that role.I received a message two weeks ago on Linked In from a talent person from this new company not a generic headhunter. I spoke to their talent person twice, and what would be my manager once. Everyone seemed great, the position seemed like something Im certain I could do well, and its large enough company where Im not worried about it going out. The next step would be potentially flying out to the location of the new job, touring the facility, etc etc. Its essentially what I do now but I would working with two manufacturing plants vs. currently I oversee one. I would be working looking to move to Seattle, WA ... so a much much more expensive cost of living.Assuming things keep rolling forward, weve sort of sussed out that for me to be interested I would need 150k to make the move worth while, they seemed agreeable to that. I would be almost doubling my current pay, which to me is 2x my 401k contribution 2x match right off the top. Washington also doesnt have state income tax sales tax is higher though so that would be like another free 6 raise. After we sell our current house, buy an a home for 600k or less in Seattle my current number I use to budget, after all pre and post tax deductions, assumed bills for heatelectriccell phonecableetcetc, current car payments and 2x the cost for car insurance, giving us 500wk for my wife and I to live on, I could stick 5kmo away. Right now we save 1k a month on top of the 401ks. Roughly 60k extra a year in the bank would be quite nice.At 29, this much of a bump makes a huge difference on when I could retire... If I get offered the job, I pretty much have to take this right?!EDITThanks for all the info, I really appreciate it!I should clarify a few things - the buy a home section was sort of for reference for budget sake... I would plan on leasing for probably a year, maybe 6-months if I found one. Also when it would be time to buy I would not be looking near downtown or east. Most likely West Seattle or stretching south to Kent, Renton, Des Moines, etc.,... I would think 600k get it done in those areas.And my budget numbers were including my wifes salary assuming she doesnt make a dime more than she currently does.Thanks again!EDIT 2Not software engineering tech Assistant: If all things being equal, yes, this sounds like a great oppurtunity for you. However, I would look deeply into how secure this position is before spending money and time on moving. Human: My gut says quite secure. The facility I would be going to has 3 years worth of approved capital for a large expansion to a neighboring building. My job would be managing these types of capital projects. In addition to the large expansion there are many smaller 100k-1mm project planned too. The company is quite large and I have heard of them before, I would see no reason to believe that this position wont be around for at least the next decade.  <response>: The other thing is that being in Seattle, even if that position isnt secure, its not difficult to line up another engineering job in short order. 