"Before graduation, she had already lined up an engineering job, but it required frequent moves around the country. I was happy for her, but I was tired of long-distance and wanted to settle down. I also knew that following her to her various job locations would make it hard for me to have my own career. However, I loved her, and that was more important."
"Moving every few months limits my job options My wife's different job locations, known as her rotations, last eight months each. We started in Ohio, then moved to Texas, and will soon be heading to Georgia. Eight months isn't much time to establish a career, which made finding a new job difficult. I started searching for employment in Texas before we moved, but I couldn't even apply to some positions because they required applicants to already be in the state."
The narrator followed a spouse into a rotational engineering program, sacrificing a settled career and nearly ending the relationship before choosing marriage. Frequent moves—rotations lasting eight months—have spanned Ohio, Texas, and an upcoming Georgia assignment. Short stays make it difficult to secure full-time, location-dependent jobs because many openings require in-state presence. Transparent cover letters explaining the situation produced little response. The narrator adapted by taking gig-economy work to maintain flexibility while continuing to apply and even secured a newspaper interview in Ohio when editors urgently needed a candidate.
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