Salary isn't everything, the I-bank guys can be miserable. I know a guy who just backed out of his offer from JP Morgan for less money at a smaller firm that di

Salary isn't everything, the I-bank guys can be miserable. I know a guy who just backed out of his offer from JP Morgan for less money at a smaller firm that did something entirely. It is less money and the same hours, but the project is more fun. Milage may vary but I know that for me +/- 10k is about what I call equal offers. I was just in a position picking between two offers. One paid about $8k more than the other in salary, but the lower offer sounded more fun. I took the lower offer. Promptly after my start date they told me about a bonus I'd be getting that I didn't know about that comes to about 10k, so I ended up coming out ahead, but even if that hadn't happened I'd be OK with my decision.