If you hate your job you probably won't do as good a job at it. Besides which you will have to go to work and do something you don't like.

Now you may not plan on being at your current company forever. But ask yourself some questions. Would your new job pay the bills to satisfaction? Would you learn new stuff? Will you be able to stay in it for more than a couple of years? Will the job be able to grow and change over time?

If you are answering yes to those, then I wouldn't be concerned. First of all your immediate future would be taken care of. Secondly it is important to keep learning. Even if what you are learning turns out not to be useful, the habit is important to keep up. Thirdly this industry changes fast. In a few years the identities of the cool technologies will change, and change again. If Britain follows what is going on in many other countries, Unix derivatives (eg Linux) will be in rapidly growing demand. And finally if the job has room to grow, then you have a good chance at being able to tailor what you are doing to what seems to be growing in popularity then.

In reply to Re (tilly) 1: A career dilemma by tilly
in thread A career dilemma by ChilliHead

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