ugh
Any advice? I feel extremely torn.
I have been basically told that I can have the job at the Mattapan library if I am willing to give up the idea of going back to school full time at any point in the next few years.
Pros: It's a pretty good job. It's doing exactly what I want to be doing, working in an urban public library, and there's huge room for advancement. The people that work there are fantastic. I'd start with four weeks of paid vacation a year, health insurance, a week of personal leave, and ok pay. They won't pay for my Library degree but they will pay for language and a second masters in basically any topic, once I become an actual tentured librarian.
Cons: Boston. I'm really ready to leave the city. Going to school part-time, I could really only manage one or two classes a semester. I feel like this would be an overwhelming schedule and could take years to finish. I feel as if I'd be wasting my precious youth in a city I don't really like while I watch all my friends move on to new and exciting opportunities.
Other: I can't really afford to stay in school fulltime anyway. Maybe it's just time to actually work hard?
I seriously don't know what to do. Pratt is still open if I want to head to New York and try my luck there but that's just the problem: I have this opportunity set in front of me, and amazing people I could live with next year. But what about after that?
I have been basically told that I can have the job at the Mattapan library if I am willing to give up the idea of going back to school full time at any point in the next few years.
Pros: It's a pretty good job. It's doing exactly what I want to be doing, working in an urban public library, and there's huge room for advancement. The people that work there are fantastic. I'd start with four weeks of paid vacation a year, health insurance, a week of personal leave, and ok pay. They won't pay for my Library degree but they will pay for language and a second masters in basically any topic, once I become an actual tentured librarian.
Cons: Boston. I'm really ready to leave the city. Going to school part-time, I could really only manage one or two classes a semester. I feel like this would be an overwhelming schedule and could take years to finish. I feel as if I'd be wasting my precious youth in a city I don't really like while I watch all my friends move on to new and exciting opportunities.
Other: I can't really afford to stay in school fulltime anyway. Maybe it's just time to actually work hard?
I seriously don't know what to do. Pratt is still open if I want to head to New York and try my luck there but that's just the problem: I have this opportunity set in front of me, and amazing people I could live with next year. But what about after that?