Negotiations are off the table it seems, more like "take it or leave it".

> but once people review your CV, it's a BIG deal. Having a leadership experience opens doors like no other, both on the amount of offers and salary.

This is exactly what's stopping me from accepting it, in year or so I could make a leap to another company as TL for a much higher pay.

I do prefer a tech lead position than a team lead one, but one can easily transition to the other once you got your foot in the door (you got it in your CV).

This is what I did on the previous company, I learnt a lot, but was close to burnout and have being quite bitter ever since, now I just can't stand corporate bs and I am wondering if this is just a repeat.

Pay from offer is ok, but the range for which I actually interviewed was great, which is why it's a letdown for me.

I am a bit angry currently, will sleep on it before answering the offer.

Why not renegotiate? There is really no downside and only upside here if you have an existing job.

you can always negotiate for more, company won’t start your offer at their limit.

They said they have limits for positions, guessing this is the one for mids, as I requested a (known) senior range. (This one is close to the starting senior one)

It's just normal backend, the product is less interesting than my current one.

Current team is in a state of panic since a few months ago and it's quite chaotic (which actually lets me train soft skills).

Current benefits are a lot better then the ones offered by the other company which are basic as far as the industry goes.

New stack has better potential long-term, current one short-term.

I understand seniority is different from company to company, however I didn't actually get negative feedback during the interview, which is probably the reason why I think it was unfair.

It will expand my skillset a lot, this is the main reason I actually went to the interview, however there aren't many other upsides, the pay difference will likely be negligible when (if) I become TL and be able to look for a TL job for higher pay.