If both offers seem equal to you, why not choose on the location?
EDIT: I just read it would be in the same city, but what about distance to home? District, etc...
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Re: Ask HN: Which job should I choose?
#12What do you know about life inside each company? About the culture there? It's something that will affect your life day to day.
More than anything else, remember that it doesn't matter that much which you choose. You've got two great jobs on offer, and they are just jobs - you can leave any time if you don't like them.
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#13Both sound fine in terms of career, and you say they offer about the same pay.
The big thing you haven't mentioned is working conditions. Does either demand unpaid overtime? Require you to work in an open plan office? Have a long commute, particularly if it requires driving? Have a noncompete clause in the employment contract?
If they're the same as regards working conditions, flip a coin, see how you feel about the result, then act on that feeling.
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#14Consider picking based on other factors like humanity and people how you like the people you will work with. Often this is more important then small differences in career choice.
In terms of "career", well the airline has more stuff to add to you resume.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
lol, why?
Both choices have their pros and cons. If you pick the wrong then you won't be stuck there for long anyway. Follow your heart. Don't bother rationalizing.
it reminds me a bit of this: http://lesswrong.com/lw/th/harder_choices_matter_less/
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#16This choice has a lot to do with you yourself, about which you didn't say very much.
Assuming both are good in terms of finance, location, etc. go with which team you think you'd enjoy working with the most -- smartest people, most compatible with your working style. Plan for 2-3 years.
If that's a wash, I'd take the security company.
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#17I would join the smaller team (not smaller company). If that number is not known, I would join the company whose interview I enjoyed more (had the interviewers read your resume before they interviewed you? how intelligent/relevant were their questions? and so on)
Re: Ask HN: Which job should I choose?
#18What do you know about life inside each company? About the culture there? It's something that will affect your life day to day. More than anything else, remember that it doesn't matter that much which you choose. You've got two great jobs on offer, and they are just jobs - you can leave any time if you don't like them.
From the interviews i've had it seems like the airline software company has more experts in the field that i would be working in at the beginning.
The team i would be working in at the other company is smaller but the atmosphere looked friendlier and they seemed a bit nicer to me.
I'm trying to gather more information about the companies, what do you think would be a good way going about this? I'm using LinkedIn to gather info on their employees.
Re: Ask HN: Which job should I choose?
#19Flip a coin. Seriously. If you don't like the decision the coin made for you then ignore it and do the opposite.
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#20You should be able to decide on your own.