Depends...do you want to stay being a developer or do you want to delve into management land? To me that is the descision that needs to be made. If you want to stay a developer, option 1 would be best. If you want management, go with 2. Some of the other things that need to be factored in...any possibility of working from home part of the time to allieviate the costs of a 90 minute commute? What would the possiblity be of moving closer to #1, thus reducing some of the commute time? Overall, to me...being the "I want to stay a developer and have nothing to do with being a manager" type, I would go for 1.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 5:42 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:332183 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
