PgM Google vs. Data Engineer Facebook (Contract)
Jun 11, 2019
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Which offer would you choose (1) or (2)?
I’m tempted to take Facebook for the type of work and cash.
But I’m Blinded by my love of Google.
Any Facebook contractors out there can weigh in?
(1) 180k TC, Google PgM - Google Cloud, Vendor Support (full time role focused on workforce management, headcount planning, forecasting, flexibility to take on 20% technical projects, SF office)
(2) 240k TC, Facebook Data Engineer - Oculus, Portal
($115/hr, 6 month contract role, intention to extend, confirmed with manager potential to convert to FT, Menlo Park)
Thank you.
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Cool, I wasn't familiar with that idiom.
"It is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than a mere potential of a greater one."
The career path is poorly defined and happiness as a PgM is highly dependent on variables outside your control (whether there is a PgMO in place, how much credibility the role has at your company, and what org you roll up to).
I would always go for roles in engineering as a PgM.
I would probably go with Facebook if that was my core skillset or the one I want to develop.
I just accepted the offer from FB.