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Career decisions suck

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Cougar

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The contract I was working on was temporarily put on hold last month and I'm currently slated to start up again this week. Now, while I was laid off I e-mailed a bunch of people I used to work with to see if anyone had openings and 1 person responded that he had a position that was mine for the taking. The job itself was pretty much the same thing I had been doing at my old position and it was great for my career since I would get a ton of training in areas that I currently have no exposure to.

Now I'm at a crossroads as to which job I should pick...my old job or the new opportunity that could potentially be good for my career. What makes all this complicated was that I loved my old position and the people I worked with. So now the decision comes down to this:

Keep the old job that you loved

or

Take new job that should be good for your career

Any smart man would pick the new job that is good for his career in the long run, but the one hitch with that is the career I had been working towards for the past few years (something upper-level like Sys. Admin or something similar) I don't really find as appealing as I used to. I can't be locked up in some cube all day looking at my computer. I have to be out interacting with other people and that's why I loved my current position so much. I wasn't high-end at all but I spent almost the entire day interacting with people and I found I really liked it.

I swear that I'm gonna get an ulcer trying to make this decision.
 
Been there(recently) it does suck, a lot of stress over making the right choice, but you will feel great when you decide.

Money isnt everything, but it aint nuthin' either 😀
 
my suggestion is to come to the office for the new position and talk to the people there (and your boss)

it would suck having to work for a bad boss
 
Yep. The two positions are virtually identical when it comes to pay and distance from home. The new job has a few nice perks but otherwise they're pretty much the same.
 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Take a chance, man. You get old too fast when you stick to the same routine.
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That's what worries me about sticking with my current job. What happens if I end up getting bored with it one day? If I keep the same attitude about work that I currently have I don't see that happening but you just never know.
 
Originally posted by: Cougar
The contract I was working on was temporarily put on hold last month and I'm currently slated to start up again this week. Now, while I was laid off I e-mailed a bunch of people I used to work with to see if anyone had openings and 1 person responded that he had a position that was mine for the taking. The job itself was pretty much the same thing I had been doing at my old position and it was great for my career since I would get a ton of training in areas that I currently have no exposure to.

Now I'm at a crossroads as to which job I should pick...my old job or the new opportunity that could potentially be good for my career. What makes all this complicated was that I loved my old position and the people I worked with. So now the decision comes down to this:

Keep the old job that you loved

or

Take new job that should be good for your career

Any smart man would pick the new job that is good for his career in the long run, but the one hitch with that is the career I had been working towards for the past few years (something upper-level like Sys. Admin or something similar) I don't really find as appealing as I used to. I can't be locked up in some cube all day looking at my computer. I have to be out interacting with other people and that's why I loved my current position so much. I wasn't high-end at all but I spent almost the entire day interacting with people and I found I really liked it.

I swear that I'm gonna get an ulcer trying to make this decision.
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You sound young and just gearing up in your career. That being said, I think you have already answered your question. You love your old job!
You won't find much in the way of satisfaction if you're trying to advance yourself in a career that you already admit doesn't have much appeal for you.
The amazing thing about doing something you love is that all sorts of opportunities open up that you never saw or realized were there.
IMHO, this is a no brainer...go with the job you love. Take it from someone that has worked in absolutely sh1tty jobs just to make a buck... in the long run it isn't worth it.
I have never been happier in my working career than I am now and I am also making more money than ever.
As the saying goes..."do what you love and the money will follow" 🙂
 
Originally posted by: z0mb13
my suggestion is to come to the office for the new position and talk to the people there (and your boss)

it would suck having to work for a bad boss
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I already know who I'd be working for and he's a great guy. I didn't get a chance to meet with too many people from the new team but I'm pretty easy going to I tend to get along with most people.

These 2 positions are so similar that I can't really peg anything against either one. The only thing I could possibly hold against the new job is that I might not like it as much as my old position but that's something I wouldn't be able to find out until I actually took the job.

I think the thing that's got me bugged so much is that all of a sudden I don't really want to go down the career path I had chosen. I never really expected this to happen so that's why I'm having a hard time deciding.
 
Originally posted by: ITJunkie


You sound young and just gearing up in your career. That being said, I think you have already answered your question. You love your old job!
You won't find much in the way of satisfaction if you're trying to advance yourself in a career that you already admit doesn't have much appeal for you.
The amazing thing about doing something you love is that all sorts of opportunities open up that you never saw or realized were there.
IMHO, this is a no brainer...go with the job you love. Take it from someone that has worked in absolutely sh1tty jobs just to make a buck... in the long run it isn't worth it.
I have never been happier in my working career than I am now and I am also making more money than ever.
As the saying goes..."do what you love and the money will follow" 🙂
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I'm not all that young..I'm 28. I've had to do a few crappy jobs up until now because the IT market just wasn't all that great and I didn't know that many people. I've pushed off this new opportunity because I loved my job so much that I couldn't fathom doing anything else. Now, with this new job I was told that I could keep doing what I love (albeit in a different company) but they would also train me in all sorts of areas that I currently have no exposure to (which is basically alot of backend stuff).

I think once I start my old job again I'll be able to make a better decision. I might have been so strongly attached to the position just because I was let go so abruptly and never really got a chance to end the relationship (so to speak).

Right now the ball is in my new employers court. He knows I love my job and is doing everything he can to bring me aboard his team but he also doesn't want me taking the position if I won't be completely happy. I've got a bit of time on my side so I don't have to make any decisions right away.

I think I'll just pull a two-face and leave it to chance by flipping a coin. Heads I stick with my old job, tails I take the new job 😛
 
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