Evaluating job opportunities — sometimes it’s not about the money

Every once in a while, I stop and evaluate myself among my peers. I know you’re not supposed to compare yourself to others but I can’t help it — I like judging myself sometimes through external benchmarks and one way that I do it is by thinking about who my peers are and how far I’ve progressed compared to them. I would be lying if I said that it didn’t make me happy to know that I’m ahead of them in some ways and sad that I’m behind in other ways.