Life is too short to waste years in a job you dread. Let me say that again. LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WASTE YEARS IN A JOB YOU DREAD. You are selling yourself sho

Life is too short to waste years in a job you dread. Let me say that again. LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WASTE YEARS IN A JOB YOU DREAD. You are selling yourself short, though. Sure, you might take a bit of a compensation haircut stepping away from your current role, but money isn't everything, and people retire early without spending their career making crazy money. It just takes more planning. Your degree is a money-printing machine. You can find work that will be fulfilling and not awful and not underpaid. It won't be EASY but worthwhile things often aren't. You're also in a world where remote work is 100% a thing people DO. This introduces the challenge of your partner, though -- under the surface of your post is a possible other problem. Does your partner love London? Does he love his work? It's not uncommon for a sort of "oh shit is this it?" feeling to start happening in one's 30s. It doesn't mean you have to act on it, but you also shouldn't ignore it entirely.