I'm in a mentally tricky situation.
(1) I have an offer to join a Bay Area payments company (ex. Stripe, Square, etc.) I would earn ~200K/yr + 500K in units (over 4 years) but this is a fairly lateral career move for me. Moving to the Bay Area is the main appeal here (from Canada). I've already accepted the offer but having second thoughts.
(2) I've already resigned from my current job, where the comp was similar (but in CAD).
(3) My wife is on contract until Sept this year. I have a window from now until Sept to really try to start a lifestyle business. I would absolutely love this and if I didn't have an offer already I wouldn't have applied right now.
(4) After Sept our plan is to travel for ~6 months. If I move to the Bay, it would be pushed back a year or so.
(5) We're both 30, no kids, financially stable. Financially, doing my own startup wouldn't be a risk right now.
I'm struggling to justify the opportunity cost in either direction. I feel like if I reject this offer I may not see similar comp again (but that sounds silly as I even type it out). I also really want to move to LA in the future, not really the Bay but this felt like a step closer. It's worth mentioning that I work in Product (although have a CS degree). I've also started and sold a company before but that was VC-funded, not a lifestyle business.
Just looking for some opinions and guidance here. What would you do? I also understand how lucky I am to be in this position so am super grateful for that.
(2) I've already resigned from my current job, where the comp was similar (but in CAD).
(3) My wife is on contract until Sept this year. I have a window from now until Sept to really try to start a lifestyle business. I would absolutely love this and if I didn't have an offer already I wouldn't have applied right now.
(4) After Sept our plan is to travel for ~6 months. If I move to the Bay, it would be pushed back a year or so.
(5) We're both 30, no kids, financially stable. Financially, doing my own startup wouldn't be a risk right now.
I'm struggling to justify the opportunity cost in either direction. I feel like if I reject this offer I may not see similar comp again (but that sounds silly as I even type it out). I also really want to move to LA in the future, not really the Bay but this felt like a step closer. It's worth mentioning that I work in Product (although have a CS degree). I've also started and sold a company before but that was VC-funded, not a lifestyle business.
Just looking for some opinions and guidance here. What would you do? I also understand how lucky I am to be in this position so am super grateful for that.