so i recently got a job at a company entering the CBD space, the work is super straightfoward frontend work aside from cleaning up a disaster some brand agency produced but w/e. The team is super friendly and have an awesome network, however a super exciting robotics company i was interviewing with wants to move forward, they sent me a formal offer (benefits, stock etc) but with the caveat of a six week proj as an onboarding ramp, id be their first in house software hire and the co is super super interesting, this caveat is typical in my experience and went through a similar period before full time hire with my last co. they use industrial robot arms to assemble architectural forms and want me to design systems initially to bridge gap btween manual and automated workflows and eventually transmit path plans and sequences to multiple factories and assembly lines. its a super super fun role with lots of potential for growth but im torn as ive been at the cbd co for 2 months now, and the work is kind of whatever and theres lots of pain points to work around, but im really looking to continue building my backend, data eng and ops skills more so than salvage a hella jank wordpress site during a migration to react and shopify. i think i can gracefully leave one for the other but still caught between a rock and hardplace, has anyone here experienced something similar? for background this is my 2nd serious startup role, i spent a year and half at a iot / mobility urban data startup and then took some time off to contract and make art (i studied sculpture)
Startups are for learning not chilling. Go with the robotics startup.
Ive been thinking the same as well, thanks for the note!