Nordstrom vs Bank of America Offer Evaluation
Hello! Please help me evaluate these two offers. Here are the details: Bank of America: Role - Data Scientist (Modeling) Base - $130K Bonus - $10K (Target) Nordstrom: Role - Data Analyst (SQL, Dashboarding, a Little bit of analytics using Python) Base - $90K Bonus - 5K (Sign-on) Current Base - $79K Bonus - $2-5K YOE ~2 Education - Masters To me, it looks like an easy choice, BofA. The money is way more than Nordstrom plus the Data Scientist role should open more opportunities in the future. Just can't figure out the career track after working in a bank. I posted here about the BofA offer last week but did not have a Nordstrom offer then. Please let me know what you guys think about it and what are the possible career paths I can choose in both offers. Just if we think from TC perspective.
The career path after working at a bank is the same as it is working anywhere else.
Thank you!
what level is that for at boa? b3?
I'm not really sure. Didn't say on the offer letter. Just AVP. Something to worry about?
you should ask for the specific level so you can do some research. i’ve never worked there, but i did consider it. titles don’t mean squat, levels do. would ask for which level and learn more about what that level means.
Go for BofA.
Thanks, I am going to. I have to say that I really loved the Nordstrom team and the work they were doing. But the TC gap was huge.
Location?
They're still deciding on that. It would be one of the non expensive states, not NJ/NY.
BOA is becoming more of a tech company that happens to be in banking. That and the better comp...Easy choice
Yes, that's what I have been hearing. Plus the base they gave me is pretty good. The only reason why I posted was to check what other folks feel about working at a bank as DS and what can the career ahead look like. Your comment helped :) Are you also in a data role at BOA?
Yes, many years in this space. Career can be whatever you want. You'll find opportunities across different products, operations, technologies, etc. for both lateral and upward growth if thats what you're looking for.
Wow that's quite reassuring. Were you reached out by FAANG recruiters as well?
I had the same choice nearly five years ago for product director roles. Chose BofA and have never regretted it. Easy choice.
Thank you! How's the culture there? WLB and people.
WLB is great, plenty of opportunity for high performers and growth if that’s what you’re looking for.
BOA WLB is awesome. But once you are in no growth in Salary. But good place come in take experience and look for new opportunity in 1-2 years. Also since WLb is good you can actually have lot of time to study and prepare for FAANG or other tech companies. Hope it helps.
Yes this helped. Thank you! Will the WLB depend on the team? Or generally it's good in most of the teams.
Depends on team but mostly it is good in most teams
I see big Finance as the #1 feeder into FAANGs. There are really 2 common paths; small tech startup to FAANG, or any megacorp to FAANG. Of the megacorp path, finance makes up a significant portion. Don’t think BofA would limit you to a career in finance.
Thank you for commenting! If 2 years later I'd wanna apply at Google, will I apply to specifically their finance department or any department? Also, what titles should I target?
Any department. You’re not in finance. You’re in data science