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Interesting question. Can't wait to hear ppls response. But convert it to time- 30 miles could take anywhere from 20 mins on a train you're already on to 1.5 hours on a congested highway.

 

also you seemed to like your current place is that 10% worth it for a current change of environment? Ask your self what is the current infrastructure vs their infrastructure and can it help you improve your trading. Now, honestly if it was a % change in your PL then it might be worth considering ,but come on my monty 10% change in base salary to start off "new" keeping the same % PL :/

Don't make me call you up and yell at you. :)

 

I think its a matter of additional commute time.....if it was only 20 minutes of extra commute it might be worth it. Bulge4lyf made an excellent point that it was only $12 an hour, but I thought you would be talking about an associate or VP position, where 10% increase can add up.

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depends. my hometown is 30 miles from manhattan. would much rather work in my hometown then add the extra hour (or hour and a half with traffic). in fact, two summers ago i commuted to manhattan, and this summer, I chose to live there (for more than 10% of my pay) just so I could skip the commute. So I guess

if you are living in downtown houston and your new gig is out in clear lake or near IAH then it might not be bad driving past all the morning commuters while they are heading downtown

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LIBORdepends. my hometown is 30 miles from manhattan. would much rather work in my hometown then add the extra hour (or hour and a half with traffic). in fact, two summers ago i commuted to manhattan, and this summer, I chose to live there (for more than 10% of my pay) just so I could skip the commute. So I guess

if you are living in downtown houston and your new gig is out in clear lake or near IAH then it might not be bad driving past all the morning commuters while they are heading downtown

you hit i on the head bud

 

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