By the law of average and human nature, every organization has at least 10% people who are unhappy.
I believe you don't want to end up being a part of that 10%.
One has to remember one can't have it all at the same time. Decide your priorities and just concentrate on the way you want to shape your career.
Different people have different priorities. For some its rank, for some its recruitment, for some its location and for some its fun. These personal priorities are what make some people leave great organizations, reject Microsoft, or choose rank 15 over 5. You do not have to justify your priorities to anyone, but make sure that YOU are sure. Concentrate a little on what is going to make you truly happy.
Just remember that you can't have it all. Decide your priorities and work on your list of workplaces up to the point where you are not second guessing yourself. If living at some particular place had been a life long dream, go ahead! If Silicon Valley is the thing for you, apply for the same there.
I believe it is really tough to say goodbye to your workplace where you had spent most of your time during the stay there.
With my going away being certain, and last day at work looming in front of me, its become extremely difficult to act like I care and want to perform. I was just going through the motions, but I was not sure how long...
Well that kept me tied to some of the basic and fundamental apprehensions which i was about to leave/carry on my shoulder. There was more lot of the element of confusion rather than sanity of the decision. I was really scared to answer some of the straight forward queries and eventually avoided most of them. Most of my WHY's were un-answered and it is still open...
Courtesy being $udha for inputs..
