[Cowperson]

In 1987, I left one career and moved to Calgary to start another.

It worked out very well.

Considerations:

We were in northern Alberta . . . . . it was great for early in our lives but as time passed it felt like we were divorced from civilization. It was great to have the advantages and opportunities of a big city. And more summer. Moving to Regina from Calgary . . . . . sounds like the reverse. But only you would know if that would be true or not.

More opportunity - tough few early years getting started but easily worth it the last 15-20 years.

Help from the company? - It was moving from one occupation/company to another. No help.

I came to Calgary while my wife finished a contract in northern Alberta - so we were living in separate cities and a 6.5 hour drive apart for 22 months. That was tough!!! Don't think you'll be making that drive from Regina back to Calgary every weekend. Flying maybe. Driving, no.

in summary, if you're relocating to a place like Regina from a place like Calgary, and it would be a move for life, I'd carefully consider the lifestyle sacrfices that might include - if any - and if that is worth "only" a three or four year jump in your career advancement.

EDIT: Just an add-on to my earlier comments. . . . . in 1987 I also had a simultaneous offer to move to Fort McMurray and stay in the same profession I was in but in a higher position. I could have eventually followed from there to Edmonton/Calgary, a natural progression in that business. But, again, lifestyle and a greater opportunity in a different career path pushed me to Calgary sooner.

Cowperson