Need help choosing between Experience and Pay
Hi guys,
I am currently working for a city as a labourer inspecting sidewalks mostly. Its a summer job that pays really well. I really enjoy working here at the moment and there seems to be a lot of positions opening up in the future.
I was just offered a student engineering position for a different(smaller) city that pays $10 less than what I am getting now. This job would also be a summer position so I would be there for the next ~3 months but I would be doing things a lot more relevant to what I would be doing post-grad (I have one more year left). I am not sure how many opportunities are available for me after the summer position.
Is 3 months of experience worth the significant drop off in pay? Do you guys think this experience will make a difference when I start applying for full time engineering positions?
Any advice is welcome.
Thanks.
Posted Jun 9, 2019, 2:03 AM UTC
How relevant is the proposed job? Is the pay drop going to significantly affect your quality of life?
Depending on how active the job might be, I'd say go for it if your budget allows. In college, I dropped a summer traffic study job for one that focused more on surveying and construction management. Both topics we studied in college but I learned an incredible amount of stuff not typically on a curriculum. The traffic study paid a little more, although I'm sure that's because of travel costs, but I had some insanely positive interviews after learning that I had at least a fraction of experience in construction management.