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ivanthekur t1_iyd72tx wrote

Reply to comment by mrbrsman in Two Job Offers, Which offer is financialy better? by PopeWallace

yeah on paper job #2 looks better but which job will you enjoy doing and which one has the most potential for your personal growth 5 or 10 years from now.

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BluntDisregard69 t1_iye0ji7 wrote

Yea there's other factors that could be big decision makers here

But I will say at 21 typically work / life balance isn't as big of a deal as when you're older and have more responsibilities

Being 21 you really should "go for the money" and start your retirement investments

When you're 21 you can find time to have your fun at all odd hours and recover from it so working some OT on the odd weekend shouldn't be a deal breaker but to each their own!

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ivanthekur t1_iyeajpy wrote

That's fair, having a good wage and retirement savings is definitely important. What I meant was that OP should consider which job has better opportunities for learning and growth, if one job pays a little more but isn't something they're interested in long term, it would be worth taking a tiny paycut to do the more interesting work or the one that gives them better marketable skills for the future. It seems like both jobs are about equal benefit-ways with #2 being slightly more lucrative which in my mind, means they should choose based on which job will give them a better career path for 5/10 years in the future.

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