Regret about company choice
Hey folks. About three weeks ago I received offers from Nordstrom and Oracle SDE 1 level for both. I was set on Oracle because I thought the cloud experience would be really cool but there were some red flags that led me to take Nordstrom. Either way they're both a tough sell. Oracle cloud is not as good as AWS or Azure and retail is a tough market. However I'm thinking that maybe I should have taken Oracle instead. The Oracle director for that team I would have joined said the offer stands for a few months so I can join if I dont like the new place but I dont want to look like a complete jerk quitting Nordstrom in the first few months. Tbh I dont really know that I even like software development but this job is what allows me to live the life I have so I feel like I need to stop acting like a whiny brat and suck it up. Anyway I guess I'm not even looking for advice just venting. But I would appreciate it regardless. Sorry folks. Just feeling a little down.
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A similar saying is, you can't decide your future. You decide your habits and your habits decide your future.
If e.g. OP wants to get into Google doesn't matter if it's Nordstrom or Oracle. Kick ass at either one, learn and prep along the way and you'll get into Google no matter which job you pick
Take the Oracle offer while you still have it. Otherwise you are being a jerk to yourself.