Originally Posted by
airplane401
Currently on furlough with a regional airline (was in airline training as a new hire) and I have a computer science degree. I received an attractive offer as a software engineer and am wondering if it's worth it to even stay in this industry. The offer is $115k base, 40k yearly stock options, 23k bonus. Just a 1500 hour dude.
I’m assuming this job is in the Bay Area due to the pay starting and your hesitation. If it isn’t, you would be a fool imo to turn down 180k starting. Even then, you can still save a good amount of money in SF it you’re frugal.