Wondering

Here I am, sitting in the KLCC working on some response to additional clarifications from a client. At least I did not have to go to Cyberjaya today and incur RM6.40 each way for toll and at least RM20 a day for parking. Damn, that place is expensive...

But I am in a funny situation. Every year, I find some time to bitch about the firm that I'm working for. I call it the bitch cycle. You get onto a tough project.. you start bitching and thinking about leaving the firm. You finish a project and find yourself doing "business development" and you bitch again because you're not on a project.

All year round, bitch bitch bitch.

The funny thing now is I have a few job offers which I'm seriously conteplating.

One is to join a local start up company as a CTO. Lesser pay than what I'm making right now, but the pros and cons are
+ I get a CXX title. That's important for jumping to other careers
+ I get to play with damn keng chow technologies (Java, Hibernate, Spring Framework, Rich Internet Architectures).
+ And if the product sells, it's gonna be a blast. All the excitement of a startup... IPOs, Stock options.. droolll...
+ I don't join a competitor. So, for whatever reasons that I fail, it is likely that the firm will take me back
- Less salary

I've also been offered to go to an end user environment. Pros and cons
+ Quite good salary. Almost the same salary that I have
+ Housing loan! Credit card (not really a big deal)
- It's an end user environment, what do you expect? System maintenance. Bitchy users.
- It's a dead end job. If I take up this offer, I probably end up not moving

Of course, I could stay where I am right now:
+ I could make partner
- I could not make partner. Damn.. there are 6 partners in the market unit that I'm in. What chance do I have? How many big deals would I need to bring in to sustain being a partner?

I'm still considering.