[deepaksurti]

You can always augment your technical skills through side projects. I know you may spend some extra time after/before work for this but exchanging this extra time for less money to work at a startup where you may anyways be working more than the standard working hours does not seem to be a good ROI.

Whereas with the augmenting route, you get to keep your high paying job, achieve early retirement and if you are still inclined to work after that, where you are not constrained by opposing choices, you can switch.

My 2$ and I hope whatever decision you take works well for you.

[wallflower]

I second this. You would be taking a massive 50% pay cut to get on-the-job training for big data. You get paid quite a bit more than my U.K. acquaintances in tech. Don’t go to the startup, start allocating some of your mental and physical energy to learning what you would like to learn outside of work. Also, if you are not already exercising regularly, start doing so as it is an investment in yourself that is priceless. Good luck!