I got headhunted for a role today which is £10,000 more than I?m on now (pay rise plus a leap back from part to full time), I tick every box for what they want and it?s a good role with a good company, pension, healthcare, car included and a ?clear career progression?. All should be great and exciting, but I?m currently formulating plans to completely career change from what I?m currently doing to a very different job. I?m currently working on my days off and evenings for free as an assistant to get experience in this new career, and it?s going well, but it?s a hugely competitive industry ? this all might come to nothing although the work I?ve done so far has been very well received.
I?m 32 and I?m trying to career change as my DD is 2.5, I don?t want any more children and the idea of spending the next 35+ years doing what I do now makes me feels pretty bleak, this feels like the last change to do something I love. AIBU to not to even go for this job? We?re fine financially and live well within our means, but extra money would of course always be nice. I just can't tell if it's a bird in the hand versus two in the tree (not that I'm guaranteed to get the job at all - but to stretch a metaphor it's a bird in a closer tree with someone handing me a net).