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I recently recieved an offer for a software engineer position at Accenture Federal Services. The pay is 70k and although ive heard some bad things about accenture apparently Accenture Federal Services is completly different since they only work with goverment.

Right now im working as an RPA developer for 63k and the job isnt that satisfying.. i pretty much just drag and drop code blocks and it feels like im not really doing any software engineering... the company however is really great in terms of its work life balance and benefits

Im wondering if it would be a good idea to leave a good stable company for a consulting one. Althought the pay isnt huge i think the skills id learn there would be beneficial to my development as a software engineer... id appreciate any advice

eightysixer · Accepted Answer

It's difficult to imagine a more stable job than federal consulting, except maybe working directly for the federal government. If that's the only thing holding you back, sign that letter.

I'm guessing by the compensation you are early/mid career? IMO you should be job hopping every 2-4 years anyway to gain a variety of experiences. I did something similar early in my career, left one job for another with only a $7k bump in salary, but that move opened more doors and led me to where I'm at today.

madscience · Answer

Depending on your age/experience, career and life goals, I think you could really go either way on this one. If you value stability, predictability, and seemingly low stress, then I think it makes sense for you stay and maybe use some of your free time to continue developing other skills that you might be more interested in.

I'm not as familiar with consulting, but I do think that it's likely to get you to a position where you'll learn more skills faster and have a better chance to grow as an engineer in the future, just by way of working with so many different people and getting a ton of different perspectives.

I think if you're younger, then you have a good opportunity to take the consulting job and learn more about what you value, what your threshold is for WLB, what pay you want, etc.

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