I can see that. A lot of things tend to be bimodal in their distribution. Let's hope she becomes a runaway success then :). And if not, it's not like she lost

I can see that. A lot of things tend to be bimodal in their distribution. Let's hope she becomes a runaway success then :). And if not, it's not like she lost her ability to do proposal management. If it gets to that point, I'm sure she could find a well-paying job again if need be. She's got a lot more practice with those interviews than I do, in fact, since she would interview when recruiters contacted her with a potentially better-paying job even if she wasn't really looking at the moment, whereas I tend to ignore recruiters when I'm not actively looking (or at least debating if I should start looking).