The numbers are hypothetical. Which one would you pick? Feel free to share why below.
Prestige is practically worthless. Unless you spend your time flexing on your friends and family, go for the $$$
^ this. There is no such thing as Prestige
Now I wish there was a down vote button
Negotiation time!
based on where you are at the career + learning/growing opportunities + team culture + your choice on life/work balance + etc...
Prestige is a bad word. Brand is a real thing. Opportunities open better for some with Google on resume than some with no name company. Wlb and team match are real things too
For me it's a combination of TC and WLB. I am always willing to sacrifice some TC for better WLB. It's all relative though. In my experience, the numbers are not this far apart. When the numbers are close, I go with the place with the best WLB.
I think prestige or brand is almost like future TC. A company with a better brand means more interviews from top tech firms, which means more chance of getting competitive offers from top tech firms which means TC.
G to rest and vest
Facebook is a shit company run by a twat waffle who has no regard for privacy. Google isn't the hotness that it used to be. Pinterest is offering the most money (and the WLB is good, at least from my experience). Seems pretty clear to me.
Prestige and an empty sack is worth the sack.
1. Where is your TC 2. Did you get the above offers? If no to any of the two..GTFO
2. Yes, numbers are hypothetical as the original post says. In reality the delta between them is less significant and I changed it on purpose to measure the trade-off instead of comparing exact offers. 1. 0, left last week