If you knew either path would succeed, Who would you want to be in 10 years? Someone who struggled through a tech downturn, but then was in the right place to rocket forward in a tech career, so in 10 years you are at the top of the game... or someone who launched a coffee company, and in 10 years is running a coffee shop?
Either answer is fine, but you should be looking more at where you will land in the long term, not the short term.
Either answer is fine, but you should be looking more at where you will land in the long term, not the short term.