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Ask Slashdot: How Much Is a Fun Job Worth?
Nicros writes "I have the good fortune to be a lead software engineer in a really fun company. The culture and people are great, and while the position has some down sides (distance from home, future opportunities), in general I'm quite happy there, and I wasn't looking for a new job. Now, I've had an offer to go be a software director for a new company. The pay is more than 10% better, the location is closer to home, and the people seem nice. I would get to grow a new group as I saw fit, following some regulatory guidelines. Problem is, I just can't decide what to do, and I'm not even sure why I can't decide. Maybe it has to do with leaving a job that I like (something I've never done) that just doesn't sit well with me. Maybe it's fear. I'm 40, so maybe it's just getting older and appreciating stability more. But then again, I have my current position dialed in, and could use a change. I have ambition, and my current company has made every effort to work with me to develop my career — probably more in the business development side, but that could be fun too. That career path is just more vague and longer-term than jumping right into a director position, with no guarantee that it would even work out. In the new company, software is not what this company does primarily; not many people would use the software, so the appreciation level would be much lower than my current position. Has anyone made a transition like this in software? How did it work out? Did you stay or did you go? Why? What's more important, the people and culture at a job, or the opportunities that job presents for future growth?"
Take the new money and be sure to burn your bridges on your way out the door.
What doesn't kill you only delays the inevitable
Take my advice, find a job you are happy with and make it the fun place!
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I totally agree... don't take the higher paying job, you have to love your job or it is not worth it... send them my resume instead lol :p
Never antropomorphize computers, they do not like that
No. The reason you flip a coin is because the coin will land on the correct choice for you, if it's a legitimate coin-flip. Otherwise, your body would find a way to shut it down.
As Confucius said "Find a job you like, and you will never work again"
That was easy for him to say. Confucius famously owned several brothels.
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