Jobs : I have one
As you know I have had three possible jobs on the go. Sportcentric wasn't really on the cards: the guys were great, and we got on really well, but the team was much to small for what I really want to do.
BioMedCentral are a large company, with the division I would be moving into having 15 developers. The job would be full life cycle development as a senior developer, moving into team leader as my career progressed. This paid 3XK in the middle of London.
Opodo were offering a Technical Lead for their support team. This would involve, mainly: liaising with all the other groups to manage releases and bug fixes; some bug fixing as well; managing 6+ support engineers. This was a huge step up from what I've done and the pay reflects this - 4XK! (plus bonus 20%)
Well I gave Opodo until last Friday to offer me a position, and the long and the short of it is they didn't because I was underqualified. So I took the BMC job.
This was all well and good until last night when Opodo offered me a senior support role, with the idea that this position was training for the technical lead role. Basically I think they had realised that the TL role was so specific they weren't going to have someone walk in off the street straight into the role. This new role was for 4YK + 20% bonus (where Y
I rang BMC and told them the situation. I explained that while I am far more attracted to creation than fixing (development versus support), it was very difficult for me to say no to such huge $'s, and the potential of technical lead. The thing is, I didn't want to come across as demanding more money.
So I did anyway. I got some more, but more importantly I am having a salary review at the end of my probation (3 months). I felt that this was a good way of saying "look, I believe I am worth more than I am taking, but I want to prove it to you rather than demand it."
So I definitely start at BMC on Monday at 9:30 (they start late, which is a nice change from support too :) and have informed Opodo that I am not interested in their offer.
Have I made the right decision? I can't know. Ever.
The two deciding factors -
a) I am far more fulfilled creating than fixing/detectiving
b) "A once in a life time opportunity comes along every other week"
BioMedCentral are a large company, with the division I would be moving into having 15 developers. The job would be full life cycle development as a senior developer, moving into team leader as my career progressed. This paid 3XK in the middle of London.
Opodo were offering a Technical Lead for their support team. This would involve, mainly: liaising with all the other groups to manage releases and bug fixes; some bug fixing as well; managing 6+ support engineers. This was a huge step up from what I've done and the pay reflects this - 4XK! (plus bonus 20%)
Well I gave Opodo until last Friday to offer me a position, and the long and the short of it is they didn't because I was underqualified. So I took the BMC job.
This was all well and good until last night when Opodo offered me a senior support role, with the idea that this position was training for the technical lead role. Basically I think they had realised that the TL role was so specific they weren't going to have someone walk in off the street straight into the role. This new role was for 4YK + 20% bonus (where Y
I rang BMC and told them the situation. I explained that while I am far more attracted to creation than fixing (development versus support), it was very difficult for me to say no to such huge $'s, and the potential of technical lead. The thing is, I didn't want to come across as demanding more money.
So I did anyway. I got some more, but more importantly I am having a salary review at the end of my probation (3 months). I felt that this was a good way of saying "look, I believe I am worth more than I am taking, but I want to prove it to you rather than demand it."
So I definitely start at BMC on Monday at 9:30 (they start late, which is a nice change from support too :) and have informed Opodo that I am not interested in their offer.
Have I made the right decision? I can't know. Ever.
The two deciding factors -
a) I am far more fulfilled creating than fixing/detectiving
b) "A once in a life time opportunity comes along every other week"
1 Comments:
Other good reasons:
- you now have what sounds like a fulfilling job
- you can catch up with other people you know in London at lunchtime
- it sounds as if you perform well, you'll advance both in reponsibility and remuneration, whether you like it or not :-)
No matter how you put it, as soon as you mention $ it sounds like you want more. Don't beat yourself up over it! Anyway, now you'll have more pocket money to look around Europe on the weekends
:-)
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