noneTheHacker

I recently decided to find a new job and I can go back to my previous job as a contractor if I want to (a sure thing, talked with my previous manager). I am in the final stages of a second place and I am really trying to get into a third place. I haven't really applied many places otherwise.

My first job out of school was with the first place. I didn't really look around and I had wondered if that was a bad move as far as job hunting goes. I am fairly certain that the second place will make me an offer. I think the third place might be interested too but I did their programming puzzle in .net without realizing they didn't use .net (the puzzle said to use any language). So my focus has been on working on the puzzle rather than branching my search.

Basically I don't want to jump the gun and just say "yes" to the first place to accept me. I was curious how other people approach this? How many offers do you (you specifically, not proverbial) look at before you accept one?