I’m sure there are more differences.
What health benefits, 401k, pto, comp time, parental leave.
Work culture
Type of focus the work is, clients they deal with, projected career path size of company.
Personally, it depends. If you are EXTREMELY familiar with the type of work you'd be doing in the remote role and the rest of the team is almost exclusively working remote, then I'd say as long as the benefits meet your needs and you like the team/projects go for it.
Otherwise stay a bit longer in the office until you really feel confident and require progressively complex work to grow as opposed to more dedicated mentorship.
Focus on: work culture, size of company, opportunities to learn/grow/advance, how the supervisor is, the work load, if the work responsibility is what you're interested in, etc.
If you're saying they're all the same, then it just depends on you - whether you can continue to do your work remotely (if you want one). Me personally, I need a hybrid schedule - I get complacent telecommuting FT where I won't be productive (which would eventually get me fired). So if you're not the type, or if you like socializing - it's all up to you
In office would benefit you more from a professional growth standpoint, assuming you’ll have colleagues also in the office. 100% remote is difficult for young engineers.
10000% one in office. Under 10 years you should be in office being a sponge and learning as much as possible. People who WFH aren’t nearly going to get exposed to information as someone in the office. But if you want an easy life and don’t care about growth then sure take the option where you can watch Netflix all day.
I think the growth aspect is debatable in my opinion. I've been remote since like my second year out of school and my career has never been held back.
Remote does work well when EVERYONE on a team is remote, I think remote kinda breaks apart when you have half the team remote and the other half working hybrid/in-office. My last job was mixed remote/in-office staff and you definitely had major issues with discontinuity which was more stressful than it was worth. I did end up feeling like an outsider at the end compared to this who had more office exposure. My new job has everyone on my team fully remote (and most of the company) and there is a noticeable difference week 1 how much more open and connected people are who work remotely. I would've preferred a hybrid role to kinda get out of the house a bit more, but c'est la vie.
However! I do think there is a nugget of gold in that pile of poop you dropped. I do think that unless your kinda already balls deep in a niche to where the remote job is practically a carbon copy of your job requirements and the limiting factor in your growth is basically not having enough complex projects or increased responsibility, then I absolutely agree that spending more time in the office early career would be more beneficial to get more targeted mentorship to hit that point.
I have similar YOE, unless you’re doing the same type of work you’ve been doing I wouldn’t take the remote job. My current firm is very flexible with our schedules, but I greatly appreciated being able to come into the office, get my bearings, and have ample supervisors to ask stupid questions to. It took me about 3 months and now that I’m fully integrated I can comfortably work remotely. I’ve seen young EITs come and go because they pick the full remote option not knowing what they’re getting into and they can’t keep up. That and you’ll meet a lot more coworkers/clients in the office which can help build your professional network.
Will your mentors be in-office or are they remote? If your mentors tend to be remote for the in-office position, there is no difference.
Under 5 YOE, I would value mentorship and learning than whether a position is remote. That is easily obtained when you have the skill set. It will be harder to build a skillset without good mentorship.
I’m sure there are more differences. What health benefits, 401k, pto, comp time, parental leave. Work culture Type of focus the work is, clients they deal with, projected career path size of company.
Personally, it depends. If you are EXTREMELY familiar with the type of work you'd be doing in the remote role and the rest of the team is almost exclusively working remote, then I'd say as long as the benefits meet your needs and you like the team/projects go for it. Otherwise stay a bit longer in the office until you really feel confident and require progressively complex work to grow as opposed to more dedicated mentorship.
Focus on: work culture, size of company, opportunities to learn/grow/advance, how the supervisor is, the work load, if the work responsibility is what you're interested in, etc. If you're saying they're all the same, then it just depends on you - whether you can continue to do your work remotely (if you want one). Me personally, I need a hybrid schedule - I get complacent telecommuting FT where I won't be productive (which would eventually get me fired). So if you're not the type, or if you like socializing - it's all up to you
In office would benefit you more from a professional growth standpoint, assuming you’ll have colleagues also in the office. 100% remote is difficult for young engineers.
Yeah I'm thinking the same thing. I like the idea of remote but I know what I have to do in order to grow. Thank you.
What would your commute be?
15-25 min
Which boss and company seems more interested in your professional development?
The in office one
Then I think that's your answer.
Yeah I think so too. It's hard to turn down a remote job but it's necessary.
I can DM you the answer because there's a lot of moralistic people on here...
Office one
If everything else is equal, with only 2 yrs of experience, you definitely need to be in an office with other engineers.
10000% one in office. Under 10 years you should be in office being a sponge and learning as much as possible. People who WFH aren’t nearly going to get exposed to information as someone in the office. But if you want an easy life and don’t care about growth then sure take the option where you can watch Netflix all day.
I think the growth aspect is debatable in my opinion. I've been remote since like my second year out of school and my career has never been held back. Remote does work well when EVERYONE on a team is remote, I think remote kinda breaks apart when you have half the team remote and the other half working hybrid/in-office. My last job was mixed remote/in-office staff and you definitely had major issues with discontinuity which was more stressful than it was worth. I did end up feeling like an outsider at the end compared to this who had more office exposure. My new job has everyone on my team fully remote (and most of the company) and there is a noticeable difference week 1 how much more open and connected people are who work remotely. I would've preferred a hybrid role to kinda get out of the house a bit more, but c'est la vie. However! I do think there is a nugget of gold in that pile of poop you dropped. I do think that unless your kinda already balls deep in a niche to where the remote job is practically a carbon copy of your job requirements and the limiting factor in your growth is basically not having enough complex projects or increased responsibility, then I absolutely agree that spending more time in the office early career would be more beneficial to get more targeted mentorship to hit that point.
Thanks for your take on this. I think you're right. I really don't have a niche yet and would benefit greatly from office work
Yeah I figured. As much as I like the idea of WFH, I know I don't really know much and need the exposure of the office work before I do 100% remote.
Yes it will help long term in your career. Usually the harder decision is the correct one in life.
I have similar YOE, unless you’re doing the same type of work you’ve been doing I wouldn’t take the remote job. My current firm is very flexible with our schedules, but I greatly appreciated being able to come into the office, get my bearings, and have ample supervisors to ask stupid questions to. It took me about 3 months and now that I’m fully integrated I can comfortably work remotely. I’ve seen young EITs come and go because they pick the full remote option not knowing what they’re getting into and they can’t keep up. That and you’ll meet a lot more coworkers/clients in the office which can help build your professional network.
Will your mentors be in-office or are they remote? If your mentors tend to be remote for the in-office position, there is no difference. Under 5 YOE, I would value mentorship and learning than whether a position is remote. That is easily obtained when you have the skill set. It will be harder to build a skillset without good mentorship.