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Are you there for the money or for the love? If money, stay and suck it up. If work represents a large portion of your happiness, bail. 2 years is not really a
by Domenic_S 12y ago
Are you there for the money or for the love? If money, stay and suck it up. If work represents a large portion of your happiness, bail.
2 years is not really a long time to live in suck-it-up mode, although your perspective will depend on which side of 30 you're on.
- cuca_de_chumbo 12y agoOn the way-later side of 30! The current company is legacy-land as far as development tools goes (though they're reliable and in the right hands do very well). The prospective startup would involve new tools I need to "keep up-to-date". I did a short (paid) project for them involving some popular scripting significantly-hipper-than-Perl language and delivered it in serviceable, idiomatic form that I know they were very happy with, using all the right libraries. I picked it up the tool/language quickly enough. I feel I need that experience and exposure to maintain my longevity in the SW market. Sticking with the current company is 2 more years I become more of a dinosaur.
- hluska 12y agoHonest (but uncomfortable) question. You wrote: I feel I need that experience and exposure to maintain my longevity in the SW market. Sticking with the current company is 2 more years I become more of a dinosaur. Is the new company aware that you feel like this, both about their tools and about your career?? If so, I wonder if they're compensating you as a more junior developer, simply because it sounds like you think that you need them!