But Viginia they didn't give you quite enough information...

A female friend was telling me she had a girlfriend who was a part-time model that was having an affair with French business man. He was a married CEO of a famous family business who lived in Paris with his wife and 3 kids. Once a month he would spend a few days with her in NYC and live like they were on their honeymoon.

Officially she was on his payroll as a marketing consultant for $20k/month. I said that was a phenominal deal. She said "No," after 4 years he decided to end it suddenly and since she wasn't the type to save she was devasted both financially and emotionally. A year later she married a guy she was dating on the side who was no where near as successful or exciting.

Theoretically which do you think is better - A cool high paying consulting job where you only have to work 4 days a month but have no job security or a secure full-time employee position with a pension plan but at half the pay and with no excitement?

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