Thanks for the reply mswen. The big potential deal breakers for me are my wife's career (she is pretty well settled in a FT gig at a major financial firm), pote

Thanks for the reply mswen. The big potential deal breakers for me are my wife's career (she is pretty well settled in a FT gig at a major financial firm), potential of loosing out on upwards mobility in my current gig (my current boss has already started asking me if I am interested in a Director level manager role here) and the fact that I will not be able to spend more time with my family for at least an year if I do move. The only thing tugging me in the opposite direction is the opportunity to work in a high-tech company with massively complex problems that will probably not be easy to come around that easily. Although...everyone around me is telling me that if I was able to get through Amazon once, I will be able to get into Amazon or some other high tech firm in the future. So far, I am leaning towards not moving with the job. Amazon does have another office in the location I am in right now, so I might just refuse the Seattle offer and ask them if they can match me to some team in the local office. Lets see... Thanks again for the reply mswen.