# Career Path: a step away or a leap away?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-path-a-step-away-or-a-leap-away/513613>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 13, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-path-a-step-away-or-a-leap-away/513613 "2009-10-13T02:27:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-path-a-step-away-or-a-leap-away/513613/1 "2009-10-13T02:27:46Z")

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I work in company A in x. I plan on staying with my current career long term until I can transfer to company B in y. The two companies are comparatively interchangeable; the variable is the rub. Sure, I can advance company A from x to y but the other company has the better variable. In the 5-10-15 years until then… could I transfer my knowledge to the other company?

I feel as if I am biding my time. I am where I want to be, but, even better would be the next step, and it’s just a step away! But (and here I’m being poetic instead of analytical) no, it’s a leap away.

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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-path-a-step-away-or-a-leap-away/513613/2 "2009-10-13T02:42:23Z")

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Um…what?