Two Offers, seems obvious but is it??
183 TC, SWE 10 years exp mainly in fullstack web dev
First 3 years of exp was at a finech startup following 7 have been at two fortune 100s in legacy tech nightmare that I've been trying to leave on and off for the past two years.
Latest attempts finally paid off after the usual lc and system design grind:
Offer 1: 195 fully remote for health tech adjacent company. This one is interesting as it's a company that's been profitable for 12 years, they don't want vc funding, and are okay with slow and intentional growth. Pretty refreshing. They're just now building out a team and I'd be a Staff engineer leading 5 engineers along with the CTO
Offer 2: 180 fully remote for burgeoning social media company that's been around and is doing another series of funding. Met with a lot of ex-faangs (principal from Amazon, staff from meta) through their extensive interview process. Took me by surprise that their comp was so low tbh, this would be for a senior 1 position (which jd said 8-10 years exp?)
I'm leaning towards offer 1 for obvious reasons but I'm feeling some nagging doubt like I'd learn way more at offer 2 being that it's in a new space with scale and tech that I think would be good for my career long term? title doesn't matter to me but obviously scope does, option 1 would give me that but would I learn just as much as option 2?
Ideally I just want to be in a position of flexibility 5 years down the line as it really feels like the last 4 were stuck at a dysfunctional and slow workplace (waterfall, 1 fte leading teams of 5 overseas) that I could only get two good resume stories out of.
Tl;Dr 195 TC vs 180 TC but 180 TC is at a more technically rigorous place
Thanks in advance, I know this is a good problem to have