[noodle]

again, its tough to explain. but, i mean, i don't know much about your situation. it may well be an upgrade. i dunno.

if you're fine with sitting down and grinding things out, not really solving problems, do what you're told, etc, then, its not bad.

[fiveo]

There's some amount of problem solving and planning involved. But not as challenging as to implement the next distributed storage mechanism. I'm probably closer to done for that world. I'm not a research scientist.

I'm looking at the specific area: financial services (not trading, but more traditional than that: transactions, accounting, etc). I'd love to learn about finances more in conjunction with doing IT related work.

[noodle]

sounds like you've already made up your mind, then