Question 2: Career risk — ambition or unnecessary pressure?

Live situation

Pooja Yadav, 26

B.Sc. (Agriculture), from Rewari, Haryana

Pooja works as a Field Coordinator with an agri-input distributor, earning ₹22,000 per month, posted close to her hometown.

Her work routine is predictable, travel is manageable, and her parents are comfortable with her current setup.

She has now received another opportunity:

• Organisation: Agri-tech startup

• Role: Community Engagement Officer

• Location: Bengaluru

• Salary: ₹28,000 per month

• Promise: Learning, exposure, faster growth

• Risk: Startup uncertainty, relocation, no fixed working hours

Her father says:

“Your current job is going fine. Is there really a need to move so far away?”

Pooja speaks to you and asks:

“If you were in my place, what decision would you take?”

What would you advise Pooja?