[Aurornis]

There’s another risk you’re not accounting for: Reputational damage.

The professional world is smaller than you think. A few years from now you may want a job with someone who works with someone who knows your old boss. They’ll ask for a reference because it’s so easy to find these connections in the era of LinkedIn. When someone leaves a company without notice, that tends to become the thing they’re remembered by. And it’s not a good look.

The risk of a rescinded offer is vanishingly small. Choosing to optimize to avoid that tiny risk in exchange for a near guarantee of damaging your reputation is not a good trade.

[gymbeaux]

I'm not sure that's really an issue in the era of remote work. The word on the street is that it's hard to find a SWE job these days. There's also a lot of talk about RTO (return to office). The two are not necessarily correlated industry-wide, though it may appear that way. If it's really that it's hard to find a SWE job, remote or no, then I wouldn't worry about professional reputation. I'm not sure that you can make an impact/gain real seniority without both impressing and pissing off people.