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Should I quit my job?

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I am a entry level customer support engineer. Looks like this is not a very technical job. The contract is of 2 fcking years. If I leave early, I'd have to pay 3 months equivalent of salary. My degree is in computer engineering. IDK why tf I am doing this job. I wanted to spend some time learning various subjects like programming, software testing, linux, and get a job in devops or testing.

I also want to enter government service.

Currently, I have to do little bit of work in linux and sql.

When should I leave my job? My parents forced me to take up this job as I was unemployed for a long period.

this is what's written in contract:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1073858478214496309/1093873496129544262/image.png?width=1138&height=611

> due to any reasons attributable to the Employee

Is there a possibility they could just fire you right before the 2 years are up? Where are you located?

Ask in career subreddits https://www.reddit.com/r/CareerGuidance and https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHR and maybe https://careers.stackexchange.com, you'll get much better advice than on HN.

A few options to consider before quitting: - does the company have other departments, could you "train" and move to more technical department?

- does the company give you a development budget that you could use to do devops related courses etc?

- how much time is consumed doing the job? Could you use this job to fund your devops, software dev education part time?

Try to see if you can use this job as a stepping stone to where you want to be. If none of the above applies then by all means look for a way out.

Get another job first, only then quit this one (then it doesn't matter if u pay them, in the grand scheme of things). Best case you find one. Worst case you don't, then you still have this paying your bills, be happy about it.

Unless the company paid for tuition or something, I can't imagine that's enforceable. Even then, I would expect they could only collect what they paid, not a fixed amount of 3 months GROSS salary. You should talk to a lawyer.

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