xsevensinzx (5/3/2016)
Hey guys,Need some advice. I got a really good job offer recently to work at a company as a DBA. I'm currently a data architect that built and manages a data warehouse for a analytics team. I'm kind of their only tech resource and everything is sort of tied into what I do regardless of my suggestions to hire redundancy for me.
I'm struggling to leave the business hanging, but I'm generally becoming unhappy due to a number of things that likely won't get fixed from a management standpoint. So, I'm kind of forced to seek opportunities elsewhere to continue my growth in my passion for data. Yet, I'm seriously guilt tripping a lot on the impact of that decision.
Any advice from those of you who have left mid-project or sunk a lot of passion/investment into a organization, idea, team and still had a difficult choice of moving on would be much appreciated.
The fact that you have some level of guilt over such things means that you're you're going to make a great DBA for some lucky company. If you can't punch through the limits at your current job and you're sure that you're not a part of that problem and have given it your all (your level of guilt says you have but had to say it), then it is indeed time for a change.
Just make sure that you're not jumping from fat to fire. I did that once because I was young and thrilled with a "great offer". It's not fun. Fortunately, I had an old boss that wanted me back as much as I wanted to go back.
As Grandpa used to say, "Make sure the reason why the grass on the other side of the fence looks greener isn't because there's more s__t to step in over there".
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.