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[May. 21st, 2007|04:24 pm] |
I have been offered a job by Blizzard, Kaos, and Crytek. Given the choices of working in SoCal, NYC, or Frankfurt, which should I choose? They all have good and bad points:
- SoCal: If I switch jobs again in the future, I'll can switch to one of another bahzillion existing game companies in the area. Nice weather. I could go surfing and skiing in the same day. Everything is crazy expensive, but hey, its like that in a lot of cities. Irvine is pretty boring, but its sandwiched between LA and San Diego. I would have to have a car. The company's profit sharing plan is insane (and should get increasingly insane, as Starcraft 2 comes out). They also pay hourly, which means I actually get compensated for overtime.
- NYC: Meets my "awesome city" requirements. Also ridiculously expensive to live in. Its got a great night life, and I have family near by. The move other there would be pretty trivial. The weather sucks, but hey, no one moves to NYC for the weather. No car required. No crazy bonuses really, but a pretty decent salary.
- Frankfurt: I know next to nothing, other than they dock my paycheck pretty heavily for healthcare I'm required to pay for. I don't know how my current medications would translate over there. Frankfurt is also expensive, but I'd be able to travel to other parts of Europe/Earth pretty easily. Its not as fun/cool/artsy as Berlin or Munich, but I've heard its pretty fun nonetheless. I'd probably take the greatest salary cut with this option.
Help! What should I do? I need to decide in just over a week. |
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