Running a well-paid job to sustain a middle-class life incurred pressures that never eased: you needed a bigger house, a better car, private schools for your growing children and shop accounts for your wife so that she looked good when business clients had to be entertained at your home.
Though job seekers are almost always heavily swayed by money, she advises looking at how a job will affect both your day-to-day life and your future career prospects.