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Originally Posted by Barrin6
I think age and maybe networth plays into the question, not just percentage increase in comp.. Someone with a family and kids isn’t going to want to jump on this opportunity. It’s a high risk - high reward situation.
He is doing well enough that there's no real downside financial risk associated with either choice. He'll be fine either way. The risk is more about known vs unknown and a place where he is certain to be happy vs a place where he may not be, as opposed to taking some kind of big career risk.
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Originally Posted by blacklab
I'd need 30-40% raise and a better title.
Is this truly the minimum you'd need? What if there's no immediate prospect of a raise in your current job? What about if you're pretty sure your comp is going up ~15% in a year?
I'm curious because lots of people choose companies that are both objectively worse brand names and pay less (those are usually correlated) so I can't imagine the brand name premium is worth much beyond the fact that brand name companies pay better in the first place.
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Originally Posted by iversonian
you'll always have that company on your resume, and it's likely you cango back if it doesn't work out. if you think you're capable of bigger things, then you have to be open to the opportunity. if you think you're at about the right level in terms of salary and position, and you're still learning, then stay put.
Well "right level" is market-dependent and "learning" doesn't preclude a higher rate of learning elsewhere. I'm just curious how you would price this situation. Or if not %, how much more per year would you need to jump in this situation?