Thoughts on taking almost a $30k pay cut to get out of a job/industry you hate and are miserable in? Seems like it’s very hard to find a new job in my current pay range.

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If you can make it work in your budget and it helps your mental health, yes. If you can’t make work on your budget I feel like you would be trading one stress for another.

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Don’t do it unless you make 300k TC right now

Can you find another way to partially close the 30k gap? I took an almost 10k cut about a year ago to take a job I wanted more. Within the year I got promoted and now make more than I was making before I took the pay cut :) However, 30k is a lot more and I know how tough that would be.

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