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Tough Decision: Great job opportunity, bad location
Sephroth57:
yeah i agree abrannan. right now i work in a small company and my title sounds pretty good hehe, "LCBS Project Manager". Even if i end up leaving here that will look great on a resume to a big company
RayB:
Since it sounds like the GF is part of the equation, how long have you been together? I think that matters. Also knowing where the relationship stands right now for both of you. You might think it's a "forever" thing, but she might be thinking "after I'm done school, I'm out of this relationship!". You gotta find out now if she's got any doubts.
maraxle:
Thanks for all the advice. I ended up turning it down. I'd rather hate myself 8 hours a day for having a job where I'm unhappy than 24 hours a day for living in a place where I'm unhappy.
Stingray:
Like most of the others who posted in this thread, I thnk you made a wise decision.
All other factors aside, there is no way I could be away from my wife for that long. In fourteen years we've only been apart overnight a couple times. Ten months would be a no-go, I wouldn't even have to think twice about it.
-S
fredster:
I think so too. There's a lot more to life than money, believe me.
If you got one job offer, there's likely many many more people out there looking for you. It's very important that you like where you live as well as like your work.
I did the reverse of what you did. I moved from a job in a fairly large town, Indianapolis to the backwoods in a town of less than 10K and I live in the country with trees surrounding me. I have never looked back. My job gets on my nerves sometimes, but I can come home and enjoy the woods and the quiet, and that's what it's all about.
I don't know about you guys, but I work to live, I don't live to work.