Tech IndustryJul 20, 2019
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Which company would you choose?

Company A: TC: 67k Commute: 25 minutes Home office: No Working time: Fixed 9-5 Vacation: 28 Dev team: 8 (juniors - intermediate; 1 senior) Founded: 2009 Profitable: Since 2011 Notebook: Dell or Mac Company: Established with nearly 1k customers; privately owned; IT security Misc: Young team (under 30 years); out of 8 dev they got 3 working students who are working part time, remaining 5 are full time employees; only one really experienced dev who is also the CTO; once a week free lunch Company B: TC: 85k Commute: 50 minutes Home office: 2 times a week Working time: flexible Vacation: 32 Dev team: 4 (junior - senior) Founded: 2018 Profitable: No idea; but recruiter said company is fully financed for this year. Notebook: Whatever you like Company: Start Up; Backed up by big company; construction industry Misc: They advertise with good WLB; quite; young but experienced developers Tech stack of both are similar (Java 11; Hibernate; JS-framework (Angular resp. VueJs); MySQL). Working time: 40h/w. Location of both companies is in Southern Germany

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Airbnb kYFK02 Jul 20, 2019

Move To the Bay Area

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cvVz44 OP Jul 20, 2019

Not possible. Got family here.

Facebook bigdiq Jul 20, 2019

Thats not how moving works.

Tibco software !mlikoj! Jul 20, 2019

A

Visa Jdmfe Jul 20, 2019

Both sucks

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cvVz44 OP Jul 20, 2019

For German standards they are ok.

Airbnb kYFK02 Jul 20, 2019

Ah I’m interested in Germany but that comp is brutal. Taxes probably arent that great either Is there not a southern Germany google location or something? Is that 50 mins one way? If so then not that one. I value after work time a lot

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cvVz44 OP Jul 20, 2019

Yes, one way. So. Nearly 2 hours per work day. I don't know anyone who earns more than 100k. You have to be like CTO in a big company. Yes, there is Google in Germany. But I don't think I'll get in and if so, I don't think they'll pay me more than 90k.

Bloomberg 1337c4lyfe Jul 20, 2019

MySQL? The practices behind scaling that would give you the wrong idea about how to do system design, but it’s a start I guess. The difference in pay makes the commute worth it IMO. Besides, if you work from home 2x/week, it kind of evens out.

Oracle sofakinghi Jul 20, 2019

Negotiate offer b to have at least another day working from home or more. If they have commuter benefits that would help also.

Google am°blind Jul 20, 2019

A

Google batmobile Jul 20, 2019

I was gonna vote B but the commute time is a pain...

Microsoft Rooot Jul 20, 2019

B

Travelzoo deetcode Jul 20, 2019

B. 85k is quite nice for Germany.