which job to take

[LS21]

i know you hate the smorgasbord of steak/engineering/interviewing/investment threads repeated on here ad nauseum. however, ive been wrangling with myself over this decision for a while, and wouldnt mind some extra opinions

background ncase you ask:
-im 24,
-single/unattached,
-background in geology,
-working in oil/gas but only doing 30% science.

-im outdoorsy.
-family lives in state.
-friends live in the city... hot, sweaty, nutsack-of-the-United-States city where i work for a huge company.


ive been offered a relocation to a beautiful mountainous city (A), and an in-town transfer to work on a new project that has huge potential to be a new business product (B)


job (A)
job prestige: 6
job intangibles: 8
career potential: 8
city/lifestyle: 9
pros: im good at it. manager loves me. lots of travel. big job "network" (colleagues worldwide, etc). of course, i love the city
cons: wont have friends in the new city right away. fewer immediate coworkers.


job (B)
job prestige: 7
job intangibles: 6
career potential: 10
city/lifestyle: 7
pros: more responsibility. potentially challenging/exciting work. big "start-up style" project could lead to huge advancement potential. all my friends live here
cons: more responsibility. potentially difficult, grinding tiresome work (fewer coworkers my age, less travel, etc). i hate the city.



basically, i could either be a corp sellout or pursue a better lifestyle (very very fond of new city). in one hand: im young, and i could afford to sacrifice social life now.... on the other hand: im young, and i should enjoy life now..... im currently leaning towards A, but B is an opportunity that does not appear often....

 

[l0cke]

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

-Theodore Roosevelt


I voted B

 

[Capitalizt]

go for the lifestyle..

and I voted B accidentally, lol

Stay with A..the city you enjoy

 

[LS21]

well, that was easy - the decision was made for me! due to some assorted complications, B is gone and im heading off to move to A

 

[Kelemvor]

Do they pay the same?

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
Do they pay the same?

more or less. i would have liked a cost-of-living adjustment for A but no dice . wanted for them to play against each other but no go either. money is not so much an issue right now - it was about city (now) vs potential (later)

 

[WingZero94]

More detail:

Location
Salary
Etc

 

[habib89]

i'm voting A.... quality of life and your own personal happiness is something that you can't buy... well unless happiness can be found in guitar hero and a bucket of coronas... job A sounds like something you'd enjoy more, and it still has good career potential (only 2 pts down from job B)

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: l0cke

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

-Theodore Roosevelt


I voted B

I prefer this one by Teddy, though I'm not sure if it applies to geologists:

?It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.?

 

[JS80]

B. Your friends will keep you sane.

 

[LS21]

woosh, so the decision (not so much on my part) was to move to new city. however, because im relocating for the job, i got the phattest relocation benefits. aside from obvious stuff like house hunting trip, packing, shipping, etc, got stuff like lump-sump assistance and rental assitance that alone equals a years worth of salary for a new engineer. worked out for the best!