[salarycommenter]

Another important aspect of compensation. When you negotiate compensation with new hire make sure to negotiate the salary you can retain them at not the lowest salary you can get them to leave for.

At my current job I accepted knowing I was going to be leaving at 2 years on the dot. I told the manager hiring me this verbatim. For the first time when I leave a job I will be able to simply say "Well this is what you agreed to when I joined."

Perfect example of cutting of your nose to spite your face IMO.

[hfsktr]

Why/How did you know you would be leaving after 2 years? Just the money or was there a specific reason? Sorry, just super curious.

[salarycommenter]

It's just the money. For a 30% raise there isn't a job I would stay at. It's fine by me for a company to be just one more 2 year step on the ladder.

A bit of experience, a bit of pedigree, a bit of pay bump, and a good job while it lasts.

I'm not going to stop switching until people stop offering me 30% raises. Once equilibrium is reached I'll start evaluating them on merits, but the jobs that pay better have also been better in all dimensions. At least that was how it has gone during my career progression.