I haven't arrived in Doha yet. I'm still waiting for my work visa.
BTW, that's something you should be aware of. If you do get offered a job in Qatar, you will probably be told that your visa will take a couple of weeks to process and your initial instinct will be to resign from your current job. Don't. There is a difference between what you're likely to be told about how long the visa processing takes, and the reality of Qatari bureaucracy. The conventional wisdom is to wait until you get your visa and *then* resign.
But back on topic:
I can't vouch for the lifestyle in Doha, because I'm not there, I'm in limbo. I've taken the step that you're contemplating and am waiting to find out how it turns out. Other people here can tell you how it might turn out, the pros and cons, the good and bad. (And I always like to know the potential cons and bads as well, so that I don't approach a situation with rose tinted glasses and get a terrible shock if/when something goes wrong.)
I guess what motivated me into applying for a job and accepting the offer is a little different to yours in that I'm not giving resigning from a fabulous job that I love. Yes, I'm moving away from some friends, but I have other friends all around the globe, so that's not that much of an issue for me.
The thing that clinched it for me is that I tend to make my life changing decisions on the basis that if I have any regrets at all, I don't want them to be the kind of regrets I have over not taking a chance, not making the most of an opportunity.
If you make a change and it doesn't work out, you learn from that and you move on. Yes, there may be a twinge of regret if things don't turn out as you envisage. But when you're embarking on a journey, there's always the possibility, yes, that things might not work out, but also the possibility that things will work out far better than you ever anticipated, you have some amazing experiences, meet some wonderful people and make new friends.
I'd rather regret trying something and it doesn't work out than regret not doing something at all. Regretting that you didn't do something is worse in my experience, because you always have the niggling 'What if...' and 'If only...' feelings.
I haven't arrived in Doha yet. I'm still waiting for my work visa.
BTW, that's something you should be aware of. If you do get offered a job in Qatar, you will probably be told that your visa will take a couple of weeks to process and your initial instinct will be to resign from your current job. Don't. There is a difference between what you're likely to be told about how long the visa processing takes, and the reality of Qatari bureaucracy. The conventional wisdom is to wait until you get your visa and *then* resign.
But back on topic:
I can't vouch for the lifestyle in Doha, because I'm not there, I'm in limbo. I've taken the step that you're contemplating and am waiting to find out how it turns out. Other people here can tell you how it might turn out, the pros and cons, the good and bad. (And I always like to know the potential cons and bads as well, so that I don't approach a situation with rose tinted glasses and get a terrible shock if/when something goes wrong.)
I guess what motivated me into applying for a job and accepting the offer is a little different to yours in that I'm not giving resigning from a fabulous job that I love. Yes, I'm moving away from some friends, but I have other friends all around the globe, so that's not that much of an issue for me.
The thing that clinched it for me is that I tend to make my life changing decisions on the basis that if I have any regrets at all, I don't want them to be the kind of regrets I have over not taking a chance, not making the most of an opportunity.
If you make a change and it doesn't work out, you learn from that and you move on. Yes, there may be a twinge of regret if things don't turn out as you envisage. But when you're embarking on a journey, there's always the possibility, yes, that things might not work out, but also the possibility that things will work out far better than you ever anticipated, you have some amazing experiences, meet some wonderful people and make new friends.
I'd rather regret trying something and it doesn't work out than regret not doing something at all. Regretting that you didn't do something is worse in my experience, because you always have the niggling 'What if...' and 'If only...' feelings.