A choice between doing what you want to do, and money - Page 3

gotta go for the moneyyyy

What if you already have the good paying business job, but want better? What do you do!

No doubt, what I want to do, not about money. I've worked several jobs, im in my mid 20's and yet at another career change. A job that pays well but drives me insane, doesn't work, I've tried it. Waking up everyday and wanting to quit so badly it hurts is not a good feeling.

+1,000

but on a personal note I've always put a high value on experiences over "stability" and tend to get bored easily and move around a lot. If you're at all adventuresome I'd say "go for it"...especially if there is a reasonably good chance you can come back to your old position.

If you've got the possibility of going back I'd try it for a few months, just to see what it is. Might not be fun and don't do it for the money but for the different experience.

Aw...

Mmmm, sounds like you should join some sort of "Fight Club"...

Make it rainnnnnnn.

Big companies all have training departments. You might consider taking whatever job they offer you just to get in, then trying to get into training through internal job postings.
Some companies are known for internal mobility more than others.

+1.

Watch out about this, Eason. There is nothing worse than a corporate job you do not like...well I guess one that does not pay well would be worse. Who knows what the right path is - no one knows any better than you do because no one has lived life more than once. Some people surround themselves by people who have made money in business or finance and they see that as the no-brainer decision. Other people have surrounded themselves with people who do things they really like and make less money, and it would also be a no-brainer for them. But it''s very hard to get an unbiased opinion on this.

I am going through something similar, but on the opposite side from you and I already posted something about it months ago. A job you don't enjoy is fine...until it starts eating up all your time and you inevitable sink into an existential crisis every time your alarm clock rings and you ask yourself, "If this is all I will be doing every day for the next several years, I might as well stay in bed today." But you will get out of bed and before you know it a few years are up. So be careful.

That being said, when you transition from a low-paying career into a high-paying career, the risk is pretty non-existent as several other people mentioned. You hate it? Quit after a year and a bigger bank account and head back into teaching, with more business contacts. So in this case, I think it is a no-brainer. Go for it. In the other direction, it's a much more difficult decision.

People get hung up on this whole anti-corporate thing, but there are GREAT things about working for a large corporation - experience, training, contacts, money. In some cases it's actually very very fun and you get to do and experience things that you wouldn't otherwise. And this is coming from a guy who started out as an anti-corporate himself.