Take the smaller job with less commute. The time you save a day is worth money. I'm making a similar choice myself and find time savings is worth a lot for the kids and wife.
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 6:43 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Did you ever have to make up your mind 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 <mgr...@modus.bz> 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:332135 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
