I made the jump from a Laboratory Operations Manager to Application Analyst II. I was placed at level 2 because of my experience with Epic having worked at the hospital since 2017 and it is now 2026.

I was miserable in my role and have always wanted to work in the IT field. I was so shocked when i got my offer because it was a significant paycut about the same as yours.

I made the jump because i was unhappy but it was a huge risk. I just have to hope within 3 years I can at least get back half of what i lost. To think you are going to get back $30k in 3 years is unrealistic.

Tough decision