Decision tools for career, money, estate, and everyday choices

These decision tools answer questions where "it depends" is the honest answer. Should you hire a CFP or a CPA or an estate attorney? A revocable living trust or an ILIT? Pivot to product management or stay an IC? Each tool walks you through your situation and ranks the options by fit, with the reasoning shown. When the answer is a professional, you also see what they typically cost — percentage-of-assets fees, flat fees, hourly rates — so you know how they charge before the first meeting.

Nothing here is a sales funnel. We don't take referral fees and we don't hide the scoring rules. If a tool says you should hire an estate attorney before a wealth manager, you can see exactly why.