BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2009 but the recession and my now wife convinced me to stick around for another year to get my masters. Got a job w

BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2009 but the recession and my now wife convinced me to stick around for another year to get my masters. Got a job with a defense contractor which inflated my salary about ~15% compared to peers b/c I could get a security clearance. After 3 years of that I wasn't happy and posted resumes on Dice and flushed out my LinkedIn profile. Recruiters started banging down my door. It was just a matter of holding out until one that could meet my salary requirements (100k+) came along. Ended up doing cyber security at a telcom, but ended up unhappy with the culture there after about 9 months so I updated my resumes and profiles again and added the "will only work remotely" requirement. Took about 3 months of actively searching and talking to recruiters but one came along and after some aggressive salary negotiations I started working remotely full time for a nutrition supplement company doing DevOps.