Advice on job offer needed.

gonzoflick

I need some advise please. I was fired from my previous position last Friday for reasons undenounced to me. It was a Cloud Architect role. I was given two weeks severance. I have been offered the job of IT Director for a local non-profit. The pay is slightly lower but manageable, the location is the same. The issue is that this role is with a very small shop and would be somewhat dull and even career stunting if I were to stay there a while. Meanwhile a local tech firm who I would love to work for is also interested in me. They are a very large shop where I would be engaged as a solutions architect with multiple customers and projects, always having my hands on the latest and greatest tech and learning all the time.
I told the non-profit I would give them an answer in the next day or two and so time is running out on a guaranteed position. The tech firm says they will have me in sometime NEXT WEEK to start the interview process.

What should I do? Should I accept the non-profits offer, tell them I can start in two weeks, and then continue to pursue the tech firm? Or should I be 100% honest and tell the non-profit no on the offer and hope I get one from the tech firm?

Khaos1911

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"

Just disregarding whatever your financial situation is....What if you turn this mgmt position down and don't get an offer from the tech firm that you desire? Any chance you can ask for a later start date for the mgmt position, say three weeks to a month from now?

I like absolutes, man. I'd take the mgmt position and if the other company works out and makes you an offer you like, take it and give notice to mgmt position. You have to do what's right for you and your family.

networker050184

Agree with Khaos1911. I wouldn't pass up a sure thing for a maybe if I were unemployed.