My drive is 8 miles, but 20 to 22 minutes.. I have 19 lights. -----Original Message----- From: Ras Tafari [mailto:rastaf...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 8:09 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Did you ever have to make up your mind
dude, my drive just went from 19 minutes, to 12, and 1 light instead of 13. fuckina! On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Jacob <ja...@excaliburfilms.com> wrote: > > I just could not stomach a 90 minute drive. Especially in California... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 3:42 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Did you ever have to make up your mind > > > 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:332174 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
