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A Pay Cut for Personal Growth?

Posted by Cliff on from the money-isn't-everything dept.

As as follow-up to an Ask Slashdot from earlier this week hatch815 asks: "I have recently been extended an offer to come work as an engineer for one of the internet search companies. In responsibility, this will be a step back, as I am currently in a management role, but as a career direction, it will provide me with unlimited exposure, learning, and advancement. The place where I work now is a small non-IT centric shop. Although I am management, I am at the top of the ladder. The tough decision is the pay decrease I would take if I did take this new position. Is the prestige and exposure worth giving up responsibility? I am too stuck in the big fish small pond mentality? Is going back to the forefront better than the psuedo-management I do now?"

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  1. Google! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny


    Why don't you stop being lazy and just type "Pay cut for personal growth in Google"
    Damn, people just don't know how to research their proble...

    <embarassment>
    oh, wait...

    (come on, you know someone did this ;)

  2. Dear Slashdot by bcrowell · · Score: 5, Funny
    Dear Slashdot,

    I've been going out with this one woman, Sara, and I really like her, but recently I met this other women, Gina, and she's really cool too. Which one should I pick?

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    1. Re:Dear Slashdot by SwimsWithTheFishes · · Score: 4, Funny

      I you are posting on Slashdot, then both those women are blow-up dolls. Keep them both.

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    2. Re:Dear Slashdot by killmenow · · Score: 4, Funny

      This reminds me of an old joke about men:

      A man had been dating three different women, all of whom he enjoyed very much. He actually felt he was in love with each of them, but he realized he could not keep up seeing all of them and he needed to pick just one to marry. The problem was: he couldn't decide. After a great deal of thought, he finally came up with an idea. He would give each of them $1000 and see what they did with it.

      So, he gave each the money and waited. The first woman spent the money on herself, bought new clothes, had her nails and hair done, etc., and said she wanted to look good for him. The second woman spent the money on him, bought him gifts, etc., and said she just wanted to show him how much he meant to her. The third woman took the money and invested it, tripling it to $3000 in a week.

      After he saw what each woman did with the money, he thought for a while, then disregarded the whole thing and married the one with the biggest tits.