Two Offers. One Idiot (Me). Zero Ideas What to Do Next!
Hi everyone. I am looking for a little bit of advice from people who have been working in DE for a while now. I already have an offer for a DE job, and may have another offer for another job tomorrow. Both are very attractive, but do have some differences, advantages, and disadvantages, and I would like to hear from people with a lot more experience with me what their thoughts would be.
Background
Been working in tech for 6 years now, completely a Cybersecurity degree, and am halfway through a part time Masters in Data Eng. I have reached the point where I feel the transition is a good idea from my current role into what I want my career to be going forward, and had been applying for a lot of jobs over the last few months. I have met with a couple of companies who knocked me back, but am now in a unique situation where I already have one offer on the table, and potentially another one coming in.
Offer 1
Nationwide company where I would be the only DE, working with their head of software, and their BI/SQL team, who deal with everything from the Bronze layer onwards. This would be a massive learning curve (which does not bother me), and I will be solely responsible for a DE aspects within the business. The domain of the role is not what I am familiar with, but am still very interested in the change. This offer is on the table. (Which I am bloody excited about)
Offer 2 (Not quite in yet)
I have a final meeting with the department head in the next couple of days with a global company who work more closely in the domain I am familiar with, but I am not necessarily desparate to "stay in my lane". I have a pretty good feeling about this meeting (Probably jinxed it now). And this role is part of an established team of DEs, with the lead DE apparently one of the best in the country. I think this would be a very, very good learning oppurtunity with a bit more of a support structure in place for someone moving into their first DE role.
Conundrum
I am not necessarily scared of being the only DE within a company (Offer 1), and think I would learn an astronomical amount by "figuring it out". But Offer 2 does come with the support structure of an established team. Obviously offer 2 is not guaranteed at this point, but I am hoping someone with a lot more experience could help by possibly posing some more questions I could/should ask myself when trying to make a decision.
Note, I know fine well I am getting a bit ahead of myself presuming that offer 2 will come in, but I also need to consider the fact that it could come in, and I then have a decision to make.
TIA all!
