I’m looking at two offers right now as a new grad and for the most part they are similar in terms of location, learning opportunities, and resume value: biggest differences I’m debating are salary and WLB. Both locations are MCOL with similar costs for food & rent and the commute times for where I would live would be around the same, around ~20 minutes to work.
Company A
- $110k before tax, 5 days in office , good benefits
- ~45 hours/week if not more, a lot more responsibilities so more stressful but I might learn more from it
- Mostly working on upgrading legacy systems and adding new features for customers, tech stack is meh, it’s full-stack dev (which is also why its more responsibilities)
Company B
- $95k before tax, 3 day hybrid , good benefits
- 40 hours a week, usually not very stressful unless deadlines
- Generally more interesting tech stack with a mix of legacy + newer stuff, and option to specialize in either front or back-end work depending on team match, but less responsibilities overall
Both companies are decent but not amazing, I probably will job hop at some point within 2 years to something better. I’m frugal and my total expenses would likely max out at $3.5k a month including paying my only debt off which is my student loan worth $11k.
Is it worth working more and invest the extra $15k before tax or would I be better served learning stuff on my free time and enjoying life after graduation?
For those who have been through this, what would you prioritize as a new grad?
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r/cscareerquestions I’m looking at two offers right now as a new grad and for the most part they are similar in terms of location, learning opportunities, and resume value: biggest differences I’m debating are salary and WLB. Both locations are MCOL with similar costs for food & rent and the commute times for where I would live would be around the same, around ~20 minutes to work. Company A $110k before tax, 5 days in office , good benefits ~45 hours/week if not more, a lot more responsibilities so more stressful but I might learn more from it Mostly working on upgrading legacy systems and adding new features for customers, tech stack is meh, it’s full-stack dev (which is also why its more responsibilities) Company B $95k before tax, 3 day hybrid , good benefits 40 hours a week, usually not very stressful unless deadlines Generally more interesting tech stack with a mix of legacy + newer stuff, and option to specialize in either front or back-end work depending on team match, but less responsibilities overall Both companies are decent but not amazing, I probably will job hop at some point within 2 years to something better. I’m frugal and my total expenses would likely max out at $3.5k a month including paying my only debt off which is my student loan worth $11k. Is it worth working more and invest the extra $15k before tax or would I be better served learning stuff on my free time and enjoying life after graduation? For those who have been through this, what would you prioritize as a new grad? submitted by /u/Beginning-Mistake-49 [link] [comments]
I’m looking at two offers right now as a new grad and for the most part they are similar in terms of location, learning opportunities, and resume value: biggest differences I’m debating are salary and WLB. Both locations are MCOL with similar costs for food & rent and the commute times for where I would live would be around the same, around ~20 minutes to work.
Company A
- $110k before tax, 5 days in office , good benefits
- ~45 hours/week if not more, a lot more responsibilities so more stressful but I might learn more from it
- Mostly working on upgrading legacy systems and adding new features for customers, tech stack is meh, it’s full-stack dev (which is also why its more responsibilities)
Company B
- $95k before tax, 3 day hybrid , good benefits
- 40 hours a week, usually not very stressful unless deadlines
- Generally more interesting tech stack with a mix of legacy + newer stuff, and option to specialize in either front or back-end work depending on team match, but less responsibilities overall
Both companies are decent but not amazing, I probably will job hop at some point within 2 years to something better. I’m frugal and my total expenses would likely max out at $3.5k a month including paying my only debt off which is my student loan worth $11k.
Is it worth working more and invest the extra $15k before tax or would I be better served learning stuff on my free time and enjoying life after graduation?
For those who have been through this, what would you prioritize as a new grad?
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