Your base is pretty good for an L60. Stocks are always the easiest to negotiate on. Remember, you will be eligible for a target of 10% of your base as stocks and cash bonus each as annual review. If you join this year, expect something in Sept next year.
All said, I'd concentrate on knowing what team you'd be joining. The difference in pay seems negligible.
Microsoft. Lot of products to move around in. Cheaper place to live and save. Mountains, trees, water, snow, rain, fall.. It is a whole some place to live in.
That’s about right. But it’s also tricky. I’d go to www.redfin.com and figure out your living situation. (Rental prices, home prices) Then check out nerdwallet.com, they have a cost of living converter. You’ll notice that there are numerous cost of living converters BUT they vary. The true expense is your living arrangement. The MS campus in Redmond is pretty nice, food isnt free but subsidized.
Chances are, it’ll depend on what your fiance decides. The MS offer isnt strong enough to swing the tides. But dual income in Bay Area would be. Adobe is a good company, I know people there that’s been there for 10+ years. Adobe is in right place at the right market. Now if MS pushes up TC to same as Adobe, and you’re in Redmond.....
At least 35-40% difference. Though real estate prices have gone up but they are nowhere as crazy as Bay area. A 2000+ single family built in 2000s with less than 30 min commute to Microsoft can be had for ~1M. Try getting that in the Bay area.
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All said, I'd concentrate on knowing what team you'd be joining. The difference in pay seems negligible.