If I had the option to join either at similar TC, etc. where should I go?
What TC? Location? Cost of living in Washington is cheaper than LA.
Join NASA JPL
What's your TC at NASA? Are you on the GS schedule or something else?
Totally depends. Hrs per week to paycheck ratio,...if you wanna clock in at around 40-60 hrs a week for your regular pay,..Blue origin. If you wanna do 100+ hrs for your regular pay plus opening a new Frontier for humanity....spacex.
I worked at SpaceX and got an offer at Blue Origin. People seem to 💩 on SpaceX TC but the stock is pretty liquid so it was the most I ever made. I worked 45-60 hour weeks. I was in a TPM role and TC was 210 (140 base + 60 stock + 10 bonus). And SpaceX is making history constantly so it's a really fun place to work. You'll learn a ton too. My Blue offer was 170 base + 30 bonus vesting over 2 years + stock that's literally worthless because they will never have an exit. Even with WA cheaper COL it wasn't worth it for me. Blue has cool tech and unlimited funding but they're slower paced for sure. When is New Glenn gonna get built, much less launch? Blue is a popular place for ex-Xers to go to retire tho. I'm TC 180 for 40 hour weeks now + optional OT and that works for me.
My friend chose Blue Origin since she chases title. She became senior manager so quickly