Should I choose good boss, team or higher pay?

hi

Like you have shared:

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Pre-conditions: Electrical Degree but now in IT job (since 2018) and love programming.

Current job: Developer (Coding)

Pros: good place to learn, good boss and colleagues will to guide / share , superior.

Cons: Low salary.

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Analysis: Still young, degree and work / skill in different field, but happy with current job.

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Suggestion:

1) Because of : Electrical Degree but now in IT job and love programming + still young and good place to learn, good boss and colleagues will to guide / share , superior => Stay on and learn for at least 3 years ( to gain skill / experience in development / IT)

2) As there's no lfetime employment and sooner or later you'll be bored with the job / work and seeking to move higher or some structure change with the company etc and sometimes there isn't any suitable opportunity for you to learn more.

=> Move on to next job, higher skill / level to gain more experience / skills and increase of salary.

3) Within the next 2 years, pick up more depth in the current coding, skills, learn more into full stack development, more about IOT and others, go for more cert / skill courses => To upskill to increase your value and market worth.

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Hope the above helps. All the best. Cheers!

Welcome to "hello world " haha!

This is equivalent to asking if you should choose bulbasaur or charmander or squirtle.

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Joke aside.

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You shared some valid points. And you seemed to be self-aware. That's good.

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To address your concern, here are 3 tips that I try to practice myself...

1. Set your target
2. Manage your expectations
3. Strategize - Execute - Iterate

Firstly, understand your company and your own self. What is the target you wish to achieve? Where does it plateau? How far are you from the plateau stage? As you know, you can move vertically or horizontally. There are way more other type of experience you could probably get in your current company. All I know is that you would know this better. Thus, set your own target.

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Secondly, manage your expectations and manage other people's expectations. It is a tug of war and it is a battle. Don't give up. This stage is what you will undergo during your journey towards your target plateau stage. Be both a taker and a giver. Because you will learn the most by giving, and not just taking. Thus, manage your expectations and you will know/figure out what to do.

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Third and finally, always strategize and be fast to execute. Most importantly, know when to iterate on your plan to restrategize and then go back into execution mode. As such, there is little chance you will get stuck in a comfort zone. If you do, you are not iterating fast enough.

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Hope it helps

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Cheers,

Pascal from Time to first byte

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I think it's important to do what you love unless you are urgently in need of money

Well, it depends. There are many people who can advise you on this, but every opinion, including mine, is tainted with their own experiences, successes, and regrets. At this current moment, you have to weigh what is the most important factor you want, and how far are you willing to go to sacrifice the others for it?

However, specific to your situation, I think it's a little strange that you only allow yourself 2 options- Stay comfortable here or leave to find something else. Could you perhaps also speak with your superior the urge to learn more, or be challenged more? It's possible that because you were not from the IT background that your boss is holding off too many new things for you, so that you can learn. Maybe your boss thinks you can improve on some things before assigning greater responsibility to you.

What I'm saying is that there are ways that you can have all 3 of these, and they are not mutually exclusive. Be open minded, it sounds like you have a good team and a good boss, I'm sure they are open and available to yo