Dear Lester:

Thinking further: if you have two options only: this job you are in now OR Puerto Rico, then it is a no Brainer, Puerto Rico. But let’s see the bigger picture: there is a third option. If this job is only very temporary, necessary at this time to fill in your resume and it is a stepping stone for a better paying, fulfilling job (which it too will look good in your resume and be a stepping stone to a yet better paying and more fulfilling job), then there is this third option. Then you focus on the bigger picture, the long term plan.

To determine the possibility of the third option, you will need the guidance of a person experienced in your field, in your industry, who knows the ropes and how you move forward toward better pay and better jobs otherwise. You will need the guidance as HOW to do it, how to proceed and succeed. I am not such a person.

So, my summary: if it is between your current job FOREVER and Puerto Rico, then the latter. If there is a third option that will make use of your formal education and a carefully constructed resume, then the third option would make sense. It would make sense because then you will have a long term plan and you will look at this job not as a-forever curse but as a … well, stepping stone.

anita