I have access to a readily available safety net through marriage (essentially, my in-laws aren't going to let their grandchildren starve). I've made some high-r

I have access to a readily available safety net through marriage (essentially, my in-laws aren't going to let their grandchildren starve). I've made some high-risk, high-reward job changes that have mostly panned out quite well. At one of the low-points of my career (job ending, unable to find a new one in time), the "lowest" I stooped was to reach out to a recruiter. If I didn't know that my family had a safety net available, I would have done more desperate acts—such as widening my search to unskilled jobs and other positions outside of my field; that might have staved off immediate suffering, at the cost of potentially severely stunting my career.