Education or Private Industry?

B Man asks: "I have been working in IT related jobs since 1994, and in that time, I have held the following positions: Security Administrator, Systems (Linux) Administrator, Network Engineer, Computer Consultant, and Project Manager. Almost all of my experience has been in medium sized businesses, but mow I have come to be in the situation of having two job offers that would be in totally different environments, and I am at a crossroads. My choices are: a position which allows me to work with cutting edge technologies, being the main technical contact to a Fortune 10 company; or a position in a higher education facility, in the Unix Administrator role. Both jobs have their good and bad points, but I would like to hear which one Slashdot readers recommend, and why."

Comments

Re:Married?

[Marxist Hacker 42]

Funny- I had exactly the opposite reaction. For my marriage, we need the stability of being able to depend on my paycheck- and I've completely soured on the idea of private industry EVER being able to provide that kind of stability ever again. The days of being able to depend on a paycheck with a single corporation to pay a 30 year mortgage or college for your two year old 18 years from now are long gone.

Re:Family life

[Krach42]

Well, that and the stupid mistake of taking out a mortgage and getting a house- but if it wasn't for the kid I could eventually just go bankrupt and walk away from that.

This is not at all intended with malice.

But technically, you could do the same with your kid. You just have to decide if walking away is worth being the worst dad in the world... I think most people would decide to stick around.

Plus, I think there might be criminal liability involved with that choice. So, it generally all around would suck to do so. A pretty good example of a Hobson's choice Except this one is leading you down the more moral path, so it shouldn't be much of a point of dilema for most people.