I had an interesting discussion with somebody the other day about a career move. They were in a steady IT job, which was a relatively well paid permanent position close to home.  Recently they had been head hunted by another organisation who wanted them on a temporary contract for a few months. The upside was that this meant that they had the opportunity to earn twice or possibly three times their current salary and the work that they would be doing sounded really interesting. The downside was that it meant additional travelling and was far riskier than their current role in terms of continuity of employment.