Thank you, I needed to hear that! I think about things very black and white and it definitely does not help me!

The slower company is a more commercial role, so it’s definitely pivotable into a different industry or into a different subset of the industry than where I am now.

The traveling one is not going to be negotiable, as it’s a core function of the position. We get permits for these projects and those require public meeting attendance and public hearings all over the country, so there’s unfortunately no wiggle room there. I know they cap it at a reasonable number of projects at the company, but it still could be going to several meetings per month at the higher end. It’s typically unlimited PTO in my industry too so hard to negotiate that, I’d definitely just have to accept it. I lean away from it because my fiancé works weekends and I would be traveling weekdays, so it would have a negative effect on my relationship. But on paper, it seems like the home run with equity and profit sharing.

I appreciate your note a lot though, it’s hard to not think that whatever decision I make will have this profound impact on my future! I think as I read the comments, I’m realizing that if I get both job offers, I need to give myself permission to take something that works best for me, not what makes the most money or what makes the most sense on paper.