I'd take the legit job at the golf course as the priority.
TBH, I've never seen a partnership in growing work out. Not even between family. This work is a solo job but possible to have others working for you, just not in a partnership.
Basically, growing is not a democracy. It's very much a dictatorship and that's hard for many. You are the head and anybody else involved is an employee or volunteer, not a partner.
The employees do as their told and have no say in day to day operations. It's no different from any other type of farming or ranching with land owner, foreman, employees.
My advice would be to land the legit job and get yourself squared away in the workforce to move up in it and still grow weed but just grow it for yourself and maybe a little extra to sell a sack here and there.
The only people really making money in weed are high dollar investors and celebrity endorsers. Growers are at the bottom of that income ladder basically being pissed on by the money men.
When these laws finally open up and already being employed, you'll be in the cat bird seat to land a job in the cannabis sector.
It's way easier to find a new job while you're currently employed. Just a weird thing where it's super hard to find work while unemployed but once employed then the jobs seem to come out of the woodwork.
I'd do that golf course work and keep an eye out for as job on a weed farm or in a dispo if it could improve your situation. If not, stick with golf!
I'm into football pretty much in the same way. It pays the bills and I enjoy my work but my love is farming. When these laws open, I'll make that choice on a life and career change into weed farming but if the incentive is not there, I'll stay in college football and retire later on the pension a job in football has given me.
This was never my plan in life. Really, my dream was to own a Blockbuster Video store but things change man.