Graduated in 2021 and currently work in Marketing for an old fashioned financial services company, based in the North East. No passion for marketing, was simply the first job offer after uni.
Started on 26k but 1 year later after hitting my targets I’ve fortunately been offered a new salary of 34k. It may not be a lot to some but as a neurodivergent woman living up north, I feel comfortable with that salary. (I’m not a high earner but don’t have to worry about money).
However, one thing I don’t like about my marketing department is the work politics and I find it harder to understand how to excel in this career field. (People don’t get internally promoted very often here and within Marketing it’s more of a popularity contest rather than meritocracy)
Recently in my role I was able to support a project which involved some UAT testing which I really enjoyed. Working alongside stakeholders from digital and dev teams, and I much prefer their ways of working (seemed especially more suited to me as I’m not the most confident socially). I may be naive but seems to be less work politics involved within technical roles, and promotions are more fairly offered to skilled individuals
This project inspired me to apply for new role as a IT test analyst (despite having no technical background). Somehow I managed to get job offer and it’s with a very large well known bank, but based in London. The pay is only 33k so a pay cut, plus rent will be slightly more expensive.
would I be crazy to accept the new job role with the pay cut? (London will be more expensive than living up North too) Although my parents have very kindly offered to pay 20% towards my monthly rent in the first year to make things more manageable.
I also wonder if it will get harder to transition from a marketing role to a IT/technical role the older I get. (I currently have no dependents)