Hi all.
Job Advice question. Right now, I really like the company i work for. The money's good, the hours are great, and we've been remote for over a year, and may stay that way. Unfortunately, the customers we deal with use "old" technology, so there's no real way for me to get "on the job" experience with newer tech. For instance, they have programs that they use still written in Microsoft Access. They want to upgrade them, but only to .NET 4.6, not the newest .NET Core. Web stuff (my forte, and background) is basically out with our customers.
Well, I was contacted by a recruiter yesterday about a position. It would be full time remote, permanently, and could be a good bump in pay for me (in the neighborhood of $15-$20K per year over what I'm making now). Unfortunately, it's in a field (home lending) that I'm not passionate about, and is a little volatile (see: Mortgage Crisis). The recruiter said they might provide training to get me up to speed on their skillset, but she'd have to ask.
So the question is, should I stay with the job with the old tech that doesn't give me the opportunity to use new tech on the job, and try to learn the new tech at home (along with all the other stuff I'm doing in my personal life), or possibly pursue (and accept if they want to hire me) a job where I can make more money and use newer tech, but is in a volatile market?
Job Advice question. Right now, I really like the company i work for. The money's good, the hours are great, and we've been remote for over a year, and may stay that way. Unfortunately, the customers we deal with use "old" technology, so there's no real way for me to get "on the job" experience with newer tech. For instance, they have programs that they use still written in Microsoft Access. They want to upgrade them, but only to .NET 4.6, not the newest .NET Core. Web stuff (my forte, and background) is basically out with our customers.
Well, I was contacted by a recruiter yesterday about a position. It would be full time remote, permanently, and could be a good bump in pay for me (in the neighborhood of $15-$20K per year over what I'm making now). Unfortunately, it's in a field (home lending) that I'm not passionate about, and is a little volatile (see: Mortgage Crisis). The recruiter said they might provide training to get me up to speed on their skillset, but she'd have to ask.
So the question is, should I stay with the job with the old tech that doesn't give me the opportunity to use new tech on the job, and try to learn the new tech at home (along with all the other stuff I'm doing in my personal life), or possibly pursue (and accept if they want to hire me) a job where I can make more money and use newer tech, but is in a volatile market?
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