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I'd optimize for whatever will make you not dread going into work every Monday.

I've tried to optimize for money at various points in my career (admittedly not FAANG money which may be enough to make a difference, though I'm skeptical of that), but inevitably I'm starting to look for an exit after 6 months.

A high level of autonomy and ownership is what I've discovered I need in my work (something I've so far only really been able to find at small 5-15 person start ups), which is easily worth $20-30k for me.

Agree with the other comments that 300 employees is more "Mid-sized" with potentially a lot of process and overhead though, so may not be as free as they are making it sound (though still maybe be a better environment to work at than being squeezed at Amazon).