[lithos]

Right now I'm actually taking a pretty decent pay cut of what I could be getting. The things that got me:

Very flexible hours for normal work periods (could choose to not wake up to an alarm 3 weeks out of 4)

Relaxed interviewing process. (Though a lot of the testing for electrical, mechanical, fluid, and trouble shooting theory actually works. Haven't seen the same for IT stuff). got to actually see my bosses quickly in the process. And got to see what gear I would be working on before they knew I was sure.

Still get a lot of data center experience without the idiocy of working for the big three Or IT first company.

Got to work in a department of the company that was a profit generating part of the company (instead of costs generation). This affect everything for how a company interacts with an employee.