I currently work as a developer in a high profile international financial institution in NYC. The job is extremely stressful at times. There are certain days where I'm working 12-14 hour shifts and not able to get any sleep because of all the stress. To top that off, I am getting more and more responsibilities like managing interns and I'm having to really push myself to get everything together. There are a lot of ups like working with a team mostly of my age group (mid 20s) and I have to say that my best friends are currently my work friends. Also the amount of technology I am exposed to allows me to learn a lot of new things on a daily basis and I've grown quite a bit over the years because of the stress I've been put through.
That being said, I nearly had a nervous breakdown about a month ago because of a few incidents at work. At that point, I decided I was going to quit and pursue my masters. Things have gotten much better since then... and my managers have been lauding me for the efforts I've been putting in.
Fast forward to now, and I have gotten the opportunity to work as an IT professional in one of the universities that I was applying too. The job seems fairly tedious and mundane (mainly developing on antiquated technologies) and there is quite a hefty paycut. Not only that, the people who work there are all pretty old and I wouldn't mesh well with them. But on the plus side, its less stress and would allow me to focus on my Masters.
So I'm really torn right now, one one hand I want to have less stress and live a normal life and on the other hand, I'm single (for atleast a year more) and have been advised to stick to this stressful job for a few more years then settle down once I start having a family.
So what do I do? Anyone ever faced with a similar proposition. How do you decide?
Cliffs:
+Have a really stressful job
+Have the opportunity to work in a less stressful job but take a pay cut
+What do I do ATOT?
That being said, I nearly had a nervous breakdown about a month ago because of a few incidents at work. At that point, I decided I was going to quit and pursue my masters. Things have gotten much better since then... and my managers have been lauding me for the efforts I've been putting in.
Fast forward to now, and I have gotten the opportunity to work as an IT professional in one of the universities that I was applying too. The job seems fairly tedious and mundane (mainly developing on antiquated technologies) and there is quite a hefty paycut. Not only that, the people who work there are all pretty old and I wouldn't mesh well with them. But on the plus side, its less stress and would allow me to focus on my Masters.
So I'm really torn right now, one one hand I want to have less stress and live a normal life and on the other hand, I'm single (for atleast a year more) and have been advised to stick to this stressful job for a few more years then settle down once I start having a family.
So what do I do? Anyone ever faced with a similar proposition. How do you decide?
Cliffs:
+Have a really stressful job
+Have the opportunity to work in a less stressful job but take a pay cut
+What do I do ATOT?
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