Regret about company choice

Nov 26, 2019 13 Comments

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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  • US Navy / Eng
    fps_doug

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    fps_doug
    TC of both offers? And what's your yoe
    Nov 26, 2019 5
    • Deloitte / Data
      Ceeker

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      Ceeker
      @fps_doug, legit can you explain what it means to make your decisions right ?
      Nov 26, 2019
    • US Navy / Eng
      fps_doug

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      fps_doug
      Don't get paralyzed trying to make the right decision. At the end of the day your choice isn't going to determine how things turn out. It's the effort that you put in after making the decision that will determine successful you'll be.

      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
      Nov 27, 2019
  • New
    h0r4y

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    h0r4y
    Question. Why do you care if Nordstrom people think you are a jerk or not? Job quitting is a normal thing.

    Take the Oracle offer while you still have it. Otherwise you are being a jerk to yourself.
    Nov 26, 2019 0
  • Apple / IT
    dnxF68

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    Microsoft
    dnxF68
    Quit Nordstrom. That’s BS anyways !
    Nov 26, 2019 0
  • US Navy / Eng
    fps_doug

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    fps_doug
    I forgot to mention. I worked at my first job straight outta college for 3 months then I joined another company. No hard feelings
    Nov 26, 2019 0
  • Amazon
    yacht 🛥

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    yacht 🛥
    Nordstrom sucks from customer perspective. Ordered many items on their “black Friday” sale, website crashed many times and almost all orders that I bought with discount were cancelled because they can’t fulfill it. WTF?
    Nov 30, 2019 0