Microsoft Seattle versus Honey Los Angeles
Compensation is not a deciding factor. Microsoft - ML SWE for SharePoint Office Honey (recently acquired by PayPal) - SDE II, Data for Product Categorization team
Work aside, those are pretty different places to live. Have you been both places?
I'm currently living in LA, I have visited Seattle
What’s your age op? If its under 35, LA is a 100x better choice. Day life in Seattle is okay if you’re willing to actually go out and see nature. Nightlife in Seattle is non-existent. I’ve lived in both and can fairly say that my mood is overall better in LA from being exposed to the sun. Seattle has gloomy weather which kills my productivity, but it is beautiful and I could picture raising a family there eventually.
LA means traffic
LA >
LA all the way
Honey!
Microsoft would probably be better in every way tbh. Only reason you should choose honey is if you want to live in La over Seattle. Did you already get the offers? I can’t imagine honey gave an offer that could compete with Microsoft
Microsoft is huge. Honey is a smaller group.
LA = smoke, Seattle = depression. You choose.
Living in LA > living in rainy Seattle
Between the two I prefer Seattle even with the rain (it’s more cloudy days than rain actually). The beautiful green mountain trails, water falls, actual clean air (you don’t realize it’s a thing until you live with dirty air for a while), the crazy colorful fall foliage, driving 45 minutes to the ski lifts, watching elk herds grazing, summertime weather and scenery is downright stunning, taking a weekend drive to Canada, etc. I don’t think I can find these things anywhere else quite like this. I go to LA for industry conventions etc. but don’t want to live there.
LA is a terrible place to live in.