I'd been a contractor the entire time, until I was made a sub!!!! Advancements were impossible due to persons not retiring. Keep in mind I'm in my late forties, so when I say persons not retiring I mean it. I'm well respected in my field so I have 'fruitful prospects' but I'm conflicted. I think I want to leave my field. After twenty two years, I think I want to go do something other. As an example, if all the power went out tomorrow and never came back, I'll have done nothing with my life. Hit me where I think.