Amazon to AHEAD, is it the right decision?

So I want to know if what I want to do is the right decision.

I'm currently with the AWS Premium Support team for 6 months where I absolutely hate my job. Support is just not it for me and I have been trying to get out since I got in.

I recently applied for an associate cloud engineer position at AHEAD and have the technical interview coming up. I will be on the delivery team and from the job responsibilities discussed, it seems like I would actually like the job that I will be doing.

The problem is TC and the Amazon name. This is my first job right out of college and having Amazon on my resume is a good thing. My TC at AWS is also around 75-80K a year. That TC will be most likely changed to 65k at AHEAD.

It wouldn't be much of a debate for me if I did not dislike support that much. I am totally not interested in staying within premium support and sometimes it affects my mental health too. With this job, there is an unlimited PTO policy and fully remote capabilities.

Is it worth taking the pay cut given I most likely will be doing something that I like and my health will be better? or the internal transfer opportunities at Amazon are too good to give up on?

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