Everyone keeps talking about software engineers quitting their jobs to work remotely (a16z, Homebrew, Axios, Bloomberg, people on Twitter). Less discussed is the work that goes into choosing a new company and role - it's a little more complex than ""quit in-person company, join the first remote-first company that offers me a job"".
We're open sourcing the decision matrix that we use at Commit. This guide will help you identify what specifically matters most to you (base salary, an open source culture, never having to manage or mentor more junior employees, getting to learn about data engineering, or maybe all of the above!), how much all of your identified attributes matter relative to each other, and how to score the companies and roles you're considering against them.
Career transitions are a rare opportunity to optimize your life around what's uniquely important to you. It's freeing, but it's also stressful - we hope this guide eases some of that stress.
Make a copy of this doc (File > Make a Copy) and get to work figuring your life out!
If you have any suggestions or questions about this template, email me at sarah.marion@commit.dev.
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