Need Career Advice/To Vent

[passit1]

I took a $5k pay cut to get out of my pigeonhole with no advancement opportunities. The pay cut hurt. The step backwards in my career is painful since I report to folks who are much less experienced managers than I was. However, I have learned things about operations I couldn't in my previous industry and I have the time to update my resume, apply to jobs and network. This meant I finally got the Amazon interview I wanted and it's scheduled for the end of this month.

If Amazon turns out to be what I'm looking for and I get the position, I'll be all like, "a tactical retreat is sometimes the best strategy" and if it doesn't I'll say " never give up, never surrender!".

It all comes down to calculated risk and how much risk you can take. But remember, without changing variables the experiment will always have the same outcome.