The Gates Foundation is advertising a job as a Senior Program Officer, External Relations, Europe, in their Global Health Program. Private industry-level salary, NGO-quality benefits/vacation package, Seattle-based and up to 60%-time travel internationally. Plus, you know, the part where I get to do a great deal of good in the world.
Holy shit do I want this job. It's pretty much ideal. I mean, I'd effectively get to live in Seattle and all of Europe at the same time, I could time vacations with business trips and thereby never have to pay for my own flights, I'd have gobs of time off and a salary to use while I'm taking it.
Unfortunately I'm about 5 years of work and one graduate certificate shy of being qualified. So meanwhile I'll have to content myself with applying for the less lucrative lower-level positions that only do 25% travel (but do it the world over). You know, the jobs that I actually qualify for.
Gotta start somewhere, right?