HACKER Q&A
📣 throwaway9592

How do you choose between two job offers?


Do you have a method? What if both jobs aren't a 1:1 match (not apples to apples comparison), how do you weight pro's and con's?


  👤 badrabbit Accepted Answer ✓
Do you have a long term career strategy? If not,come up with one. And see which job aligns best.

In the short term, which job will affect you in the least adverse way for metrics that matter to you such as commute,work-life balance,salary,benefits and mental health?

Take those two results and prioririze what matters most. Short term adversity can be very bad with unintended consequences, after all, even if you endure short term adversity as part of your career strategy, things can still go wrong, there are always unknown unknowns so be careful on what you sacrifice short term for possible long term gains. That said, I would prioritize the job that aligns with my career strategy well,givem my passions,goals and weaknesses.

Ask yourself how the tasks of the job will help you in your long term endeavors,income and job stability among other things when formulating a career strategy.

Just don't be indecisive (which I regretably had been)

Also,I wish someone told me this earlier: never accept a stay offer.