Take the contract job.
At 2000+ hours you need some more quality time to get the better paying jobs. It doesn't matter where you get that time from.
@28k this is obviously not your dream job and you plan on moving on. The problem is when your next employer ask what your previous salery was, bingo! You set the bar too low and it will take quite some time to catch up.
With the contract job you are not tied to anyone and it allows you to keep looking wile you build up time for virtually the same salery (you do get some healthy tax breaks with contract). But when your next employer asks what you were making just answer indusrty contract wages for a XXX.
At 2000+ hours you need some more quality time to get the better paying jobs. It doesn't matter where you get that time from.
@28k this is obviously not your dream job and you plan on moving on. The problem is when your next employer ask what your previous salery was, bingo! You set the bar too low and it will take quite some time to catch up.
With the contract job you are not tied to anyone and it allows you to keep looking wile you build up time for virtually the same salery (you do get some healthy tax breaks with contract). But when your next employer asks what you were making just answer indusrty contract wages for a XXX.