Be careful !
In my 37 years as a printed circuit designer before I retired, there were periods where I became dissatisfied with my job and began looking at other career options.
I was married with two kids, so it made great importance that my financial situation remained stable.
Anyway, as I began to look at other career paths, the saying “the grass is greener in the other fellow’s yard,” became more true. As I talked with people in those professions who were about the same age or a little older than me, they went through the same things I was going through. In fact, when they learned what I did, the said, they wished they had my job.
I began learning that midlife career changes for most, turn out to be financial and emotional disasters and I saw people make those disastrous changes.
I don’t know your age, so if your younger and single, this doesn’t apply for you as much and it’s in your youth that making a career change is the better time to do it.
If it’s just a different company doing the same type of work, on this issue, it can be more positive overall. If you stay on a job for 22 years like I did, in today’s world it reflects a stagnant work experience to potential employers. You also have less people to network with. They prefer to see a person who’s moved around, but not less than four to five years at a time on each job. They want to see stability. If you move too early, they suspect you have problems keeping a job.
Of course prayer is the answer, and the Lord showed me that if he wanted me in a different job, he’d lead me there, but until that happens, remain put.
I’m thankful that I did, because soon the boredom wore off and I had new enthusiasm in my work and saw that this is what I was meant to be.
So, pray and if God wants to move you to another job, the doors will fly open. Otherwise, they’ll remain closed.
I’m praying for you as well.
Jim
