Currently at 5 YOE making 101k in a MCOL city. Was offered a product manager position at a company I’ve partnered with in the past. Thinking I could pull in between 140-160k based on the conversation. I actually like consulting and travel (if it comes back) along with having an office with coworkers compared to being fully remote. Am I being dumb not taking it or just wait a year or two and be there in consulting anyways..?

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I would take it and see if you like it. You can easily boomerang back to consulting in 1 year at the same salary.

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If you are at 101k today I think it would be way more than 1-2 years before you are making $140-160k at your current firm.

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Additional context: looking at a base increase somewhere between 12-20% at year end and additional ~7-12% increases YOY.

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