Hitting my 30’s, SM, single, wanna change the environment a little and thinking of a secondment... pros and cons, anyone?

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Do it now. You will never have more flexibility than you do today and you don’t want to regret not doing it 5 years from now. Plus it’s a blast as PwC1 says!

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Read this like it was "single and ready to mingle"

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Go for it. It will be a blast.

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Do it!

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Ok guys I am initiating the talk then

Do it. Do it. And i can’t stress this enough - Do it.

Do it. You'll find- learn about yourself. I was lucky enough & came back with a wife :)

Hahaha, so if I add my gender (F) here will that change people’s view ;)

I was the SM of the group in the US while in Europe I was the SM of a component. All tough questions were managed by the group. I was mainly the guy to go for the USGAAP question

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