Should I switch? 46k remote VS 55k in-office training program /u/Glittering_Role6616 CSCQ protests reddit

Note: I’m based in Hong Kong so the salaries are much, much lower than in the US.

I graduated a year ago and was laid off 8 months in. I recently accepted a new job at some crypto startup for 46k, and I was very lucky that it is completely remote. However, I’ve just got an interview invitation for OKX’s supernova program for 55k, however it is not remote and is about an hour away where I live.

(All income has been converted from HKD to USD)

Current job:

• Company: Some random crypto startup
• Salary: 46.3k USD
• Costs: n/a
• Commute: Remote (1.5 hours if I need to travel to office on rare occasions)
• Working hours: 9am-6pm (9 hours)
• Languages: Rust

New opportunity:

• Company: OKX
• Salary: 55.6k USD
• Costs: ~1.5k for transportation, ~1.9k for lunch (I could save this if I go r/MealPrepSunday and cook my own food)
• Commute: 45 min – 1 hour depending on traffic
• Working hours: 9:30am-6:30pm (9 hours)
• Languages: idk, seems to be an infrastructure related role (e.g. AWS)

I know many prefer working remotely but I’m torn over a few reasons.

Social

I have terrible social skills, and working remotely and texting over Slack isn’t making it any better. As a new grad, having face-to-face interactions “feels” like it could be important for developing certain skills in the office, and I don’t think I’m going to improve much working remotely.

Career prospects

I really like Rust and used it for many personal projects, but I don’t know if it’s a good career choice per se. Rust jobs are rare and hard to come by, though I feel Rust tends to be used by startups with nice work-life balance arrangements.

The OKX program advertises providing a mentor and training. That sounds good but I have no experience with training programs like these, how are they and are they worth it?

Money

I tend to fixate too much on money, but 46.3k to 55.6k seems like a big increase to me. Considering commute/food costs, the increase would be 5.9-7.8k depending on how cheap I want to eat. That still seems like a significant increase to me, but I’m quite biased since I come from a poor background and am cheap as hell.

Work-life balance

My current job obviously has the upper hand here, I enjoy my current job for this alone. Saving 2+ hours of commute every day is priceless to a lot of people. Though, the points I listed above are making me rethink if this is worth it.

Note: I’m based in Hong Kong so the salaries are much, much lower than in the US.

I graduated a year ago and was laid off 8 months in. I recently accepted a new job at some crypto startup for 46k, and I was very lucky that it is completely remote. However, I’ve just got an interview invitation for OKX’s supernova program for 55k, however it is not remote and is about an hour away where I live.

(All income has been converted from HKD to USD)

Current job:

• Company: Some random crypto startup
• Salary: 46.3k USD
• Costs: n/a
• Commute: Remote (1.5 hours if I need to travel to office on rare occasions)
• Working hours: 9am-6pm (9 hours)
• Languages: Rust

New opportunity:

• Company: OKX
• Salary: 55.6k USD
• Costs: ~1.5k for transportation, ~1.9k for lunch (I could save this if I go r/MealPrepSunday and cook my own food)
• Commute: 45 min – 1 hour depending on traffic
• Working hours: 9:30am-6:30pm (9 hours)
• Languages: idk, seems to be an infrastructure related role (e.g. AWS)

I know many prefer working remotely but I’m torn over a few reasons.

Social

I have terrible social skills, and working remotely and texting over Slack isn’t making it any better. As a new grad, having face-to-face interactions “feels” like it could be important for developing certain skills in the office, and I don’t think I’m going to improve much working remotely.

Career prospects

I really like Rust and used it for many personal projects, but I don’t know if it’s a good career choice per se. Rust jobs are rare and hard to come by, though I feel Rust tends to be used by startups with nice work-life balance arrangements.

The OKX program advertises providing a mentor and training. That sounds good but I have no experience with training programs like these, how are they and are they worth it?

Money

I tend to fixate too much on money, but 46.3k to 55.6k seems like a big increase to me. Considering commute/food costs, the increase would be 5.9-7.8k depending on how cheap I want to eat. That still seems like a significant increase to me, but I’m quite biased since I come from a poor background and am cheap as hell.

Work-life balance

My current job obviously has the upper hand here, I enjoy my current job for this alone. Saving 2+ hours of commute every day is priceless to a lot of people. Though, the points I listed above are making me rethink if this is worth it.