| Question #1: Do you like your current job? If it's a nice environment, you might regret finding another job where you get paid 30% more but it's a lot more unpleasant. Even if you interview and get a good vibe, bad things can happen. Your boss can quit or be fired 3 months after you start (happened to me). Your actual boss might not be who you thought it was when you were interviewing (also happened to me). But the same bad things could also happen in your current job. Assuming the answer to #1 is "meh" or "sort of" or "I want to leave": Question #2: Are you able to interview and get an offer for more somewhere else? If you can't get more somewhere else, then you aren't underpaid. If you can get more somewhere else, and you think it's time to move on, then go. Also, don't compare TN salaries to California or NY or Boston salaries. As other people said, you need to adjust for cost of living. Also, if you do get an offer you want to take, go, don't take a counter-offer. If your employer wants to pay you more, then they should do it now. |
#2 - I think so, wish me luck... :)