Fearless Money

A quick and happy update to my lay-off status. As I mentioned before, I got laid-off a few weeks ago. I’m still working until May 1, and they are being very nice about us taking time off to interview. I’ve gone on two interviews, and I’ve gotten three job offers.

OK, 2.5 offers

Well, not really three. I have two formal and one informal offer. The nice thing is that the lowest paid of them is still more than a $5,000 raise. Yay! I’m definitely ruling out the one at the big, faceless, behemoth company. It was “plan C” for me. Now, I need to choose between the one formal and the other informal offer. The informal offer is for more money at a more established place. I would be making six figures there, for the first time in a couple years. The other is for less money at a startup, but includes a load of stock options, is closer, has more interesting technology.

I’ve got a lot of thinking to do this weekend, and I’ve got to see if that informal offer can get more formal in the next very few days.

I’m so grateful and happy that I am in the position of choosing between offers. I won’t have to dip into emergency funds, and with my severance pay, I’ll actually have a small windfall. I’m amazed at how calmly and matter-of-factly I’ve taken the whole job hunt this time. I wasn’t even worried 95% of the time. That’s progress! That’s me living up to the name of this blog.

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