[giantg2]

But the biggest benefit to an employee job hopping are the pay increases.

I hopped teams a few times internally and my pay has been abysmal. Many companies aren't big enough to have enough open roles at the same level and next level in the right languages for a solid career track. At least for me, every move ended up being different languages/stacks from the previous team. There was no continuity and now my career has turned into a lower paying job and I've been identified as a low performer. The unstable environment and lack of past rewards from when i was a high performer has made me unengaged.

[firesteelrain]

The problem is you will top out eventually and you may not have grown enough professionally. Then you are stuck somewhere

[giantg2]

I feel like the main reason I'm stuck is both directly and indirectly due to my disability. I believed the company about how great they are and specialized in work that needed to be done but didn't have external opportunities. And of course interviewing and changing jobs isn't easy, but is especially hard for someone like me.