Can I get everyone’s thoughts please

Would you take a step down (from associate 1 to analyst 3) if it meant moving from your current shitbank to a BB? That’s the dilemma I’m in, but the pay gap is fairly substantial…but moving to an actually good bank seems like a great opp. Idk what to do here

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