Oh by the way, not having benefits is no biggie since my wife has an amazing benefits plan that covers nearly everything.
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:41 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > Pick up on one and leave the other behind > It's not often easy and not often kind... > > Ok. So here's the sitch. I am currently finishing up a three month contract > with a very very well respected agency. They have a client list that's > extremely impressive as well as a brand new building that's amazing. The > cool factor is off the charts with this place. The pay is pretty good but > not as stellar as it could be. It does however offer the type of experience > that looks amazing on a resume. They have made me a full time developer > offer (which apparently in and of itself is supposed to make me swoon) for > the same salary, three weeks vacay and benefits. However it's a 90 minute > drive. > > I've been offered more of a management position at a smaller company. $5k > less a year but with a possible bonus structure that has a ceiling of 15% of > my salary. The salary is really good for the city it's in. I'm unsure about > vacay and I don't expect there will be benefits. However the sky is the > limit regarding prospective salary if my game is tight, which it is. The > client list is much less impressive. Steady work for smaller clients. The > cool factor is akin to a hyundai accent. It's about a five minute car ride > or a ten minute bike ride. > > The base salary is almost identical when you factor in gasoline and vehicle > maintenance. The earning potential is actually higher with the local > company. It's not nearly as cool though and won't impress future employers > nearly as much. What do I do? I keep flip flopping. On one hand I think > the cool company can probably teach me a lot but 90 minutes each way is > brutal and I'm seeing my kids a lot less than I would like during the week. > > Any opinions would be the shiz. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332132 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
