Hi all, a huge fan of this site and the philosophy.
As a decent IT developer, I make about $200k before bonuses, and can make up to $300k after bonuses. This is a relatively stress free job and I have really good flexibility and freedom and am pretty happy with the job in general. My job is pretty stable and I foresee nothing that would threaten my job / income in the near term.
I was recently offered a job by another business making about $300k before bonuses, and up to $400k after bonuses. After some agonizing deliberations, I turned the job down. So part of me is kicking myself for leaving $100k on the table and not taking it.
Here are the reasons I turned it down: 1) stability - the other company is not as stable and the job may not be as secure, 2) more stress - due to the higher pay I would have more stress to meet aggressive goals, 3) I really like who I work with today, and I don't know if I would like the folks I would be working with at the new place.
After turning it down, part of my mind won't let go of the fact that I potentially left $100k on the table. Part of me kicks myself for not say yes, but part of me also says "you make enough and you're much better off where you're at"...
I guess I'm just using this opportunity to air this out so I stop feeling bad about my decision, and hope other MMMs can help me feel better as well. I mean at the level of income I'm at, another $100k is pretty unnecessary, as I'm close to FIRE and can let go in the next few years any way.
Here's hoping this feeling of regret will die and go away.