This strongly fits with my experience. Even on a pure earnings basis, as I’ve researched various job opportunities I’ve found there’s a shocking amount of variation on how much two job opportunities can differ, much more than I initially anticipated based on a naive view of what a competitive job market looks like. Often this pops up in non-obvious ways.
Actually examples that might happen to you: one finance firm turns out to be much better about paying bonuses to new employees who make big contributions right away. Or maybe Google only offers you slightly more cash than the startup you interviewed with—but the startup is giving you so little equity it won’t be worth much even if the company gets acquired for $100 million, whereas Google offers you RSUs worth half again what your base salary is.
This strongly fits with my experience. Even on a pure earnings basis, as I’ve researched various job opportunities I’ve found there’s a shocking amount of variation on how much two job opportunities can differ, much more than I initially anticipated based on a naive view of what a competitive job market looks like. Often this pops up in non-obvious ways.
Actually examples that might happen to you: one finance firm turns out to be much better about paying bonuses to new employees who make big contributions right away. Or maybe Google only offers you slightly more cash than the startup you interviewed with—but the startup is giving you so little equity it won’t be worth much even if the company gets acquired for $100 million, whereas Google offers you RSUs worth half again what your base salary is.