I'm in the same situation. After a year or so of thinking, I've decided that I can't stay at my current position any longer if it is no longer challenging.
I'm sorry, does Bruce Lee carry around sais in his movies? No, he whoops people with nunchaku.
Is it just me or does the original Splinter Cell cover look like the Blacklist cover (Take One), Pandora Tomorrow looks like Conviction, and Double Agent looks like Chaos Theory?
Along with common sense and decent manners.
Raise your hands everybody who buys a $600 gadget, uses it for two years, then buys another $600 gadget! Anybody?
I am salaried and get overtime pay. That being said, I also live in a country where overtime is a given and anyone at manager or high doesn't get overtime.
One thing I've always found key (next to power settings) is to cook food half way and then check it and modify the power setting or shorten/lengthen the second half of the cooking.
I've been working my current job for ~ 3 years but I get at least a 6% raise every year. Also, I live outside of the US (but work for a US company). Again, only three years though.
I think one point that people blaze past is the whole leaving the country thing. I left California six months out of undergrad and I haven't looked back. Being in a foreign country teaches you skills and gives you insight that wouldn't get if you'd stayed home. Of course, being bilingual helps too.
To Achieve Career Goals, Stop Planning and Start Preparing
Robert C. Pozen
