Hi All, Thank you so very much for your replies. I am very grateful to you all and appreciate that you took time to share your thoughts with someone in need of them, especially when you may have had better things to do! I felt better just reading your posts. Thanks again and take care, Ananda.

Hi, I am trying to decide between a PhD and a Job so would appreciate your thoughts. The PhD is going to be on labour governance (my master thesis topic) and fully funded. My reason for doing a PhD is to build an academic career for me. I am however 40 years old now. The job on the other hand is at a senior level, pays very well, and on environmental and social governance in the renewable energy sector in Africa. It has a lot of potential to growth and this is a job that I can go far with. This job also feels right (touch wood). And it is very interesting. So, I do not want to give up on the job. However I am worried that if I give up on the PhD that I will regret it later. But I am quite cautious of selecting the PhD option because I heard that it is very difficult to survive and get a proper job, a tenure track position in the academia. And me being 40 can be another hindrance. So, I am wondering if it is wise to give up a well paid, senior level and international job to select a PhD that will only eventually give me entry level contract jobs (if I am lucky) at the university or no job at all after the 3 - 4 years. I know there is a bit of a speculation here, but considering what I have read about this so far, it seems unlikely that I will have a lot of room for success in the job hunting in academia. Any thoughts on this would be highly appreciated. Thanks a lot. Ananda.