Just to try to offer you balanced perspectives, I'm someone who had the opportunity to join a team where I thought the work would've been less appealing but the

Just to try to offer you balanced perspectives, I'm someone who had the opportunity to join a team where I thought the work would've been less appealing but the jump in career path and finances was noticeable. I didn't because I do enjoy my current team and the balance that my work provides, in addition to it being sufficiently stimulating still but not taking me so out of my depth that it causes dread. I regret not leaving. Nothing has changed at my current job, but I think there is something to be said for the possibility of finding yourself at a local instead of a global maximum. I would hinge a lot of this on your age, but especially if you are on the younger side, I think we undersell the value of leveling yourself up professionally so that perhaps at the NEXT opportunity you will have even more choices. I would factor into the companies that maybe you are not so keen on working on, if whether or not getting exposure to that work, the salary, title, etc. would cause you to in a short while be better position to explore and even wider and potentially more exciting set of opportunities. I think it is to not think about that effect.