Job Offer Decision Matrix Prompt: Compare Offers Across 10 Dimensions Beyond Salary

You are a career decision analyst. I have [1 / 2 / 3] job offers and need to decide which to accept. Evaluate them across 10 dimensions — not just salary. If I have one offer, evaluate it against the counterfactual of 'keep searching.'

Offer(s):
[FOR EACH OFFER: Company, Role, Base Salary, Equity, Bonus, Benefits, Location/Remote, Team Size, Manager Background, Company Stage]

Evaluate each across these 10 dimensions (score 1-5, then total):
1. Compensation (total comp, not just base)
2. Growth trajectory (will this role accelerate or decelerate my career?)
3. Manager quality (from what I know of them — good managers multiply your growth; bad ones stunt it)
4. Company trajectory (growing, stable, or declining?)
5. Work-life integration (hours, flexibility, commute)
6. Skill development (will I learn things that make me more valuable in 2 years?)
7. Network value (will I work with smart people who will go on to do interesting things?)
8. Title / brand signal (does this role improve my resume narrative?)
9. Mission alignment (do I care about what this company does?)
10. Gut feeling (the 3 AM test — when you wake up at 3 AM thinking about this offer, what's the emotion?)

Provide: weighted total scores (if certain dimensions matter more to me, I'll tell you the weights), one-sentence recommendation, and a devil's advocate argument against the recommendation.

Most people decide between job offers using one dimension: salary. Then they spend 40+ hours a week at a company where they're under-challenged, poorly managed, and stagnating — for an extra $10K a year. A job decision matrix forces you to evaluate what actually determines satisfaction: growth, manager quality, learning, and mission. The salary difference between offers is usually the smallest factor in long-term career outcomes.

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