Will you jump from a job with higher pay to a job with lower pay? Will you jump from a job with higher prospect of career advancement to a job with lower prospect of career advancement? Its a struggle between $, career prospects and life. I will if current job cause me to drag feet to work but the future job has potential to be better.  It is a risk because you never know what lies ahead. The next job might be worse! (I experienced this before. Next job is worse.) But life is a gamble isn't it? If you don't try, you will never know. Go read "Who moved my cheese?". You need to spend at least 2/3 of your waking hour for 5 work days a week, much more waking hour then you can spend with your loves one during weekdays, thus it is better ......