[ashtonkem]

All else being equal, more money is better. But all else isn’t equal. Generally changing jobs repeatedly will bring you advancement and pay faster, as it allows you to shop around for a company that’s willing to take a chance on you, but there are some trade offs that come with that

You need to evaluate your quality of life outside just the monetary and career aspect, and decide if the stress of job changing and potential increases in work expectations are worth the benefits of more status and more money. It would be a shame to get a new job and discover that you dislike your new colleagues or your work life balance is bad.

Do not underestimate the level of persistent stress job hopping will give you; it takes a few months for that to wear off. I’ve done a lot of it myself, and in the balance it was worth it, but it’s also worn me down a bit too. Personally I’d like to be done with it and settle down for long periods of time and not worry about chasing the next promotion.

[pnutjam]

I've hopped, but it's mostly been driven by mergers and such. When the company ceases to be the company that hired me, I move on. This has still resulted in changing jobs every 3 years or so.

[ashtonkem]

Yeah, that’s a good reason to job hop. Mergers are no fun.