In my current role, I make ~$120k, fully remote, LCOL. I have great benefits, great manager and network and team, and only work like 5-10hrs a week. Very low stress job and I’m developing and learning really great products (AI//ML). Is it even worth it to consider a new role? I have potential offers that would be ~$150k base with bonus and equity it gets to $200k. All fully remote. What would you do?
Depends on what you want. Do you want money or WLB. You cannot have both. If you are single, chase the money. If you are married, chase the WLB. It’s a no brainer to think on this.
Married with young children. But my wife doesn’t work as we can live very comfortably off my salary based on location.
Op your life sounds perfect. Can I just exchange my life with you right now?
If your TC is only $120k I assume you’re young and may not even have a family to support. So it’s likely way too early in your career for you to settle. Growth happens in discomfort. Challenge yourself and continue seeking more today so you can be truly comfortable when it matters tomorrow.
Married with young children. Wife doesn’t work though as we can very comfortably live off my salary based on location.
I think it’s worth to move. I’m in the same exact situation it’s creepy. Only difference is I have to move before the merger. Definitely worth it to go $150k fully remote.
It partly depends how long you've been in current role. It sounds like you're working on cutting edge tech and getting good experience (although questionable with amount of hrs you're working), so I'd say stay. Grass is not always greener with higher paying role. What if manager sucks and you start working 40-50 hr weeks? I'd say the chances of that are 50/50
The key here is that you are currently working 5-10 hours a week, in a positive environment. That higher salary is likely for 40+ hours. I don’t think the slight salary boost is worth the extra hours/stress that would accompany it.
Honestly if you're working 5-10 hrs a week, you're not really learning. But if your priority is the family, it's totally reasonable to stay as 120k should go pretty far in LCOL
if you’re only working 5-10 hr why not take both roles and make 320k
It would be 10-20 hr / week. Not worth it.
If you actually only work 5-10 hours a week then it's just a matter of time before you will be unemployed. The Internet is full of people complaining that they got fired after activity logs showed that they didn't do shit
I'm old, so I have learned a few things through experience. If you really only work 5 to 10 hours a week, you are selling yourself short. Life satisfaction comes from building something you can be proud of. So I suggest either staying in your current role and picking up more projects, maybe finding a 2nd job, or take the new role. Your career is like investing. Your returns on effort compound. The more you put in early, the better off you'll be in 20 years.
Your life satisfaction comes from building something you can be proud of. It's amazing that you didn't learn along the way that not everyone shares your view on what creates life satisfaction.
Hard disagree. Relationships (family, children, friends), and hobbies are where true life satisfaction comes from. I have a job purely to fund those things. I could understand life satisfaction coming from your work if you're an artist or if you are running your own business, but not from creating CRUD apps like most SWE do.
Hey OP, the same thing paralyzed me to move over to new role, that comfort kills the growth. Also, I feel that they are good as long as we are not drawing a hefty pay 💰
Yeah I feel the same. They definitely are cool with me because I can dev wild stuff for them at a discount, lol.