Ibanez wrote:Have you ever been to another country? Aside from Mexico and Canada, I don't see you driving to the Central America.
No I have not. It's interesting because I've had plenty of opportunity to. There are 14 people in the country who do the job I do and each of us is responsible for covering a number of States. But, typically, someone in my position also does international work. Everyone else has done it but I haven't.
I almost went to do work in Canada once. Got my passport and everything. Then I decided not to go. That was no problem because there is always someone else who wants to do it. As soon as I opted out someone else opted in. The only assignment I think about that maybe I might have wanted to do is New Zealand.
Many years ago I asked if I absolutely HAD to do international work. I was basically told that it might hurt my career some if I didn't but, no, I didn't have to if I really didn't want to.
It's interesting because I am the one who has done what I do the longest. I'm also the best by far at certain things like analytical design and data analysis. But I made a decision that I'm not going to do international work so it is what it is. And I'm comfortable with the decision.