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>I have offers which look positive from a financial and career progression point of view, but in boring products which not interest me at all and which have no
by jasode 5y ago
>I have offers which look positive from a financial and career progression point of view, but in boring products which not interest me at all and which have no upside at all.
>Have you ever been in that position? What did you do?
Yes, I chose the "boring" job that with fabulous compensation. (It was proprietary accounting systems and it paid better than FAANG.) I spent 10+ years at it and made a lot of money but it's also one of my biggest regrets. Consider 2 groups:
- (group A) prioritize money more than the particular job. They can compartmentalize the boring job and do the fun stuff on the weekend.
- (group B) people prioritize interesting work more than the money. As long as the job offers a decent salary, that's good enough.
I thought I was in group A but it turns out I was actually in group B.
However... the big caveat with my anecdote... The problem with answering your question is that the right choice depends on _your_ personality.
- necovek 5y agoI'd be wary of taking your conclusions at face value. You can obviously reason differently after accumulating a lot of wealth over the 10+ years. What-ifs are an impossible dilemma, and I wouldn't stress on what type of person I am: I know I change, so I am a different person at different points in time (and in large part, due to circumstances). It sounds like you could comfortably take a couple years off to do whatever you regretted not doing earlier, and by the end of it, you should have no regrets. If you do, however, plan your days like it's work (I've taken multi-year leave, and I behaved as if I have all the time in the world, and I didn't really achieve much of what I wanted to ;-).