[lapsedacademic]

Is that true anymore? Everyone I know is always on the job market, even folks who haven't jumped employers in 10+ years are regularly in idle conversation with the job market.

But, the honest answer to your boss's question: what bothers me is trading my time for money. My comp doubled. I can now afford to stop working in 3-5 years instead of 10+ years. I think this attitude has become much more common in the last 5-10 years.

[greedo]

I think this is something that varies with age. At 30, I was very aggressive in seeking better pay and more interesting opportunities. 20+ years later, I'm pretty much near the peak of my salary band in my region, and the work and environment is good enough to stay. I also have the typical roots put down; home, friends familiarity with my community. Disrupting that would be very stressful and the rewards would have to be commensurate.

So why would I bother jumping to a new job for a 10% increase?

I think the Great Resignation is really for industries that have had stereotypically low compensation, coupled with shitty environments. And I'm glad that people in those industries have a lot more leverage to make things better for themselves.

[warcher]

Hard disagree there: remote is opening coastal salary bands up to people outside the coasts. This is apocalyptic. People in the bay are way way way better paid, and not really that much better (they all came from someplace else, remember? Y’all didn’t get every good dev in Kansas, just the ones that wanted to move.)

[greedo]

You're assuming my pay is markedly lower (for my role) than what I'd make on one of the coasts. It might be 10-15% lower, but not enough to compensate for shifting teams, getting accustomed to a new company/boss etc. Now if someone offers me 2x/3x?

[warcher]

Man I know a lot of kids getting major major bumps as FAANG kicks out RSUs to flyover country. Happy you’ve already gotten yours though.

[hiq]

> I'm pretty much near the peak of my salary band in my region

I assume you're not interested in working remotely?

[greedo]

I'm fortunate to be able to work remotely even though my company is located in the city I live in. It's a low COL region, so money goes pretty far, and I'm really not too far below what I think I'd make in other regions. Now if someone offers me 2x/3x and remote work? I'd be a fool not to consider it.

[nooorofe]

There is another side of it. Changing position for better working environment is unpredictable. With rare exceptions the job description and what was discussed during job interview is very different from the actual job I do after accepting an offer.

[ghaff]

>Everyone I know is always on the job market

I think that's true for almost anyone--unless they're coming right up on retirement.

But there's a difference between semi-actively looking and occasionally responding to someone reaching out about something that actually looks interesting. Phone calls are rarely a bad idea unless they're complete wastes of time.