[AdrianB1]

Curious: in what way better? I am doing interviews from time to time just to see what is outside and I found companies with better pay but very toxic atmosphere, companies that pay less but great to work in (relaxed, friendly), not yet better pay and better atmosphere but that's what we all should be looking for.

[sys42590]

For me switching jobs always was two steps ahead and maybe one back. My first full time job had subpar pay and benefits but allowed me to take over a lot of responsibility.

After 2 years I switched jobs (thanks to a friend) to get a better salary, less pressure, but also a bit more boring, and too much paperwork.

After 2 more years the huge amount of paperwork started to really bug me. Fortunately 2 job offers came from former colleagues and I accepted the second one.

This job was really awesome and I stayed many years and did not follow up on any jobs that were offered to me.

After these years however some changes in management above me led to significant shifts in my projects and suddenly I was interested again in job offers, and this is how I ended up at my current 4th full time job.

I'm quite content at my current position, still I interviewed with 3 positions that were relayed to me by a headhunter. All 3 offers had at least one catch (the ones I did not interview with were even worse), so I agreed with that headhunter to not contact me again.