fng+ vs zon offer
current job: faang+ new grad role 1 yoe. frontend dev working on really cool stuff
tc: ~125k (100k base)
pros of staying:
- relaxed life, I get to travel a lot while working
- passionate about my current project
- great benefits
- I love this city, ik ppl here
cons of staying:
- low pay
- even tho I like frontend dev, im getting FOMO of other swe work
zon offer: new city new grad role in aws, backend swe role (distributed, clustering, etc). internal team so it’s not gonna be too bad in terms of stress and on-call.
tc: ~170k (120k base)
pros of zon:
- working at one of the highest scale services in the world (trillions of transactions per day)
- much higher pay
- stepping outside of mobile dev is great for growth and opens up doors for future career path
cons of zon:
- high stress and I lose the chill lifestyle I have now
- 5 days rto, 15 days pto, basically not gonna be able to travel and work anymore or see my family much
- new city is nice but it's a far move
- resetting the promotion clock since it’s a new grad role
- no food or office snacks so i have to meal prep daily (not the end of the world)