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Hi,
I'm currently having an offer from BlueOptima and Cohesity and am conflicted between the two.
I have offers in the SDET profile.
Cohesity Inc is providing me MTS and @BlueOptima is providing SDET-1.
Glassdoor reviews more of less place the two companies almost equally, and the package being offered by the two is almost in the same range.
My preferences include:
Learning opportunities in the role.
Company's work environment.
Company's growth prospects, are also a consideration.
YOE: 2 years
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Yep, and I went back to teaching. If you have a soul and care about the students and the state of education, admin is the worst place to be.
I did. I missed the structure early on, needed the routine. I also missed student interaction, but as Assistant 1 stated, the interaction is different. I interacted with all grade levels, not just the one where I was teaching. Plus, observing in all classrooms was enlightening and I was able to see a variety of amazing teachers and how they inspired their classes.
I do miss teaching sometimes, but there are a lot of things that I don't miss. Most of what I miss is interacting with students, which I still do in my role although on a much more individual basis. But I don't miss dealing with parents, all the stress of handling curriculums, the low salary, constantly taking on extra work etc...
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Good things:
The pay.
Occasionally being able to make things easier on teachers.
Talking one-on-one with kids who are misbehaving instead of trying to have that discussion while the rest of their class cranes their necks to try to spy on you in the hall.
No grading.
Going to the bathroom whenever you want. This was the first luxury I noticed when I left the classroom.
Bad things:
You're often dealing with kids at their worst. You don't get sent the kids who are doing what they're supposed to.
Far more angry parent interaction. "I'm going to sue you for holding my kid responsible for their actions and/or expecting me to parent!" (though they never state it that honestly).
More nights/weekends/summer days worked (though less work taken home).
You have to WORK to feel like you're involved in instruction. Very often, you're just managing things.
The feeling that you don't have the resources to make the system work but are expected to make it work anyway (which goes for teaching, too, but then it's just your own classroom and less public).
District politics. The farther up you go, the more your job depends on keeping people happy who probably shouldn't be kept happy. "Close your door and do your job" is only really an option for teachers.
Suspending kids. I hate doing it.
I moved because I was teaching in a district that put teachers on a pay freeze for over 10 years and imposed salary cuts several times during that freeze. That period lined up with the time when my kids were born and I bought a house. So I'd made decisions based on making more money every year, and suddenly I was making less money every year. I looked over at the admin, who were still getting raises yearly. Easy decision. But teaching is more fun.