Picked a smaller firm over a big corporate offer in Portland last spring

I had two offers back in May, one from a huge Fortune 500 company and another from a 15 person marketing firm here in Portland. I went with the small firm because they let me work on strategy from day one instead of just handling spreadsheets (which is what the big job wanted). It's been about 4 months now and I've already led two campaigns from start to finish, plus I get to sit in on client meetings. The pay is about $8k less than the corporate offer, but I'm learning way more hands on stuff. Has anyone else taken a pay cut for a better learning experience and regretted it or been happy?

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charlie_allen27d ago

Funny how the stuff you actually learn always pays off more than the paycheck.

oliver71926d ago

Learned more from failing at my own thing @charlie_allen than any job ever taught me.