Title: Before I start, I wanted to say I have been apart of this community for over 3 years now and greatly trust the amount of thought and time taken in giving opinions here, so that is why I am asking on this forum.<p>I know this is sort of off topic, but I am a coder out of the Washington, DC area and I am about to be offered a job to go to IRAQ for 1 year at a pay of around $200k.<p>I am wondering, if offered, should I actually take it?  I enjoy my job here and have actually just been transferred here about 4 months ago.<p>200k is a lot of money, I would be able to pay off all my student loans which equals about 80k and have some left over to invest in and maybe take another year off for setting up my own software project.  I would also take the time off there to code and really focus on a project or two that I always wanted to get off the ground.<p>On another note, I truly live to experience.  I love new experiences and this would truly be a once in a lifetime experience, so do I do it?<p>I can be debt free and sit and code hard for 1 year and push out something amazing also while enjoying the time in a greatly different country than what I am used to.<p>I do appreciate the responses!
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