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Today, I finally opened up a folder from my home PC, which I have long abandoned.

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A folder with the title "Interview Stuffs".

Yes, in case you're wondering . . . . . . I'm in the midst of preparing my resignation letter for my current job. And that's not the best part. When I opened up my previous resignation letter as a template for the current one, I can't help but to notice that the person to address, whom I wrote my resignation letter from my previous job, will again (yes, AGAIN), become my future superior, whom now holds a higher position.

Ohhh, what a cliche.

A brief background on what happened. My ex-supervisor (not BOSS, mind you) from my previous company, changed her job to another company from the same industry. Just several weeks ago, she left me a message in Facebook, asking me to recommend her a few candidates to apply for a job in her new department, as she has been promoted from Assistant Manager from the previous company, to a Manager in this current company, and she's desperately looking for people to increase the headcount. I joked with her, asking whether I myself could apply for the position or not, as a Team Leader. Astonished, she told me that yes, I am more than qualified & can definitely apply for the position, and believe it or not, she was more than delighted when I asked the question in the 1st place ! Well, so it went off with me submitting my resume to her, her HR people called me up for an interview (in which it's not really like a formal interview, with HR asking ALL the questions and my ex-supervisor just sat there, doing nothing), after the interview, I called up her to ask bout the status, and her HR returned call to ask me bout the salary thing, and the next thing I know,  I got the offer. As expected, yes, but . . . . . . .

WOW.

Everything just happened so quick. Not to mention, unexpected.

Frankly speaking, initially I do not have a single intention to quit my current job in the 1st place. But after what happened here and here, I can't help but to start contemplating on my next career move, whether to continue staying here in this peaceful and slow-moving company to rot with my "totally-non-IT-related" job scope, or to just move on to another level in terms of career advancement and personal improvement. Well, definitely the latter sounds more tempting to many, but in reality, everything isn't as simple as it seems. To a fresh graduate who is currently working on his 1st ever job, yes this might be an easy decision. But for someone like me who have been going through numerous job changes in such a short amount of time, it isn't an easy step to take. One wrong plunge and I might either land on Heaven or Hell. Simple as that. And if I really landed in Hell (*touches wood*), well, the road ahead will be much more difficult to move on.

For this new upcoming job offered by my ex-supervisor, well, sad & happy to say that I'm moving back to the banking line. Why both sad & happy? Sad because I'm going to work with the almost same bunch of people whom I worked before (my ex-supervisor and gang) in which might lead to boredom, happy because well, the money ! Do you know that this new company is offering me a tremendous 30% salary increase from my current one? It's definitely not easy to get such a huge leap in salary increment, not even if I get promoted 2 ranks for my current position ! So it all comes back to that ugly piece of rotten paper, destined to either ruin or improve someone's life. And like what most people say, "Never mess with money as you'll be a loser in the end if you do". And that's what I did.

I'm planning to take up the offer.

Not messing with the money. Not messing up my future either. In fact, it's much more easier to work on with my ex-supervisor-cum-future-boss  from now on, as you will basically have a grip on what is the characteristic and personality of the superior. But still . . . . . . . I'm still (yes, still) contemplating on whether am I doing the right thing. I still have the time up to next Monday to give their HR the final answer in salary and confirmation of offer before I finally confirm my move and sign up their offer letter. Which is why I'm taking this weekend to actually sit down quietly and think of where am I heading to.

Guess the benefit of doubt still plays a major part in this decision making nonsense. I guess I already have the final decision. It's just the implementation part which is making everything tougher than it seems.

I shall not burden my head longer with unnecessary stress. Final answer to be up latest by next Monday. Updates to follow up later.

If only I could take the road less taken. Good one, Robert Frost.