[scarface74]

I’m much more cynical now. I don’t get my “inspiration” from my job. The only reason I went to work up until my current job was to get a paycheck and learn skills to get a larger paycheck. As long as that was happening, I was happy.

Now, things are different. I’ve come close to maxing our as an individual contributor in my local market, I have no desire to be a manager, and a dev lead position doesn’t pay enough more (about $10-$15K) to be worth the extra headache (been there done that).

I am continuously learning to keep my options open in case something changes, but I really like my job even though it can get crazy but its not because of the people.

As much as I say in theory that you should always leave a job if you feel like you’re stagnating, I’m not sure that I would have the discipline to leave a job a like just for that reason as long as I’m making enough to live the lifestyle I want and my compensation is not to out of whack with the market.

[projektir]

I think that's generally the part I don't like about most jobs. It seems everyone is checked out and is just there to collect a paycheck and build their resume.

My job is fine in terms of paycheck and learning, but it feels like I'd have an easier time if I just ignored issues but that's not really the kind of person I want to become.

[scarface74]

I wish I could say that attitude was in me and that’s the advice I would give others. But, I’m at the point where either I either want to be a team lead at a large company, be an architect by responsible if not title at a small company where there isn’t too much red tape, or just a consultant.