RE: Quick career question--go in-house with another company, or stay outsourced with better conditions?

[Jennifer Randel <jennifer_randel -at- khsd -dot- k12 -dot- ca -dot- us>]

Joey,
I didn't see the original post, but this response from Sean caught my eye. As someone who has just recently had to make this decision, I really feel that I should throw in my two cents.

I recently left a job I was comfortable with for a job that would pay me more (and give me a longer commute). I thought it would challenge my technical writing abilites and offer me a great learning experience. Once I got there I was miserable: the job just didn't offer me the same reward that the previous one had, I had left many friends behind at the previous job, and I found out that my tech writing abillities were on par with those of the tech writer in a different field.

I was lucky enough to have my previous job offered back to me! After that experience, I'm really leary to step outside of a job that I like just for more money or to strengthen my skills. I know that you would be taking a cut in pay, which was different than my situation, but I still thought my experience seemed relevant.

Best of luck with your decision,
Jennifer

-----Original Message-----
Make two lists of pros and cons and compare them. Your initial post is heavily one-sided, though; read it and see for your self.

Cheers,

Sean


-----Original Message-----
I've just had a job offer at a big consumer electronics manufacturer, and I'm not sure whether to take it. The main issue is whether it would look better on my resume to do that job, or to continue doing what I'm doing now, which is writing manuals for a very big cellphone brand and other major consumer electronics brands, but indirectly through outsourcing.

My personal preference is to stay where I am for now, as there's far less commuting time than I'd have with the new job, which leaves me time to make a good start on the distance learning computer science course I want to do. However, I'm wondering just how much better it would look on my resume to have worked directly for a major manufacturer, as opposed to the kind of outsourced work I'm doing now (though the current work does still involve a fair bit of teamwork with my own co-workers and managers as well as with clients' own engineers and editors).

The pay's also better where I am now, though that's not the most important issue. I want to do whatever's best for my future employment prospects.

Thanks in advance for any advice.
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