[scarface_74]

That doesn’t work either. The market changes and eventually when they need to lay you off then what? Those slow growth companies either die or get taken over by private equity or sold off.

I would much rather make $300K for two or three years, live like I’m making $150K, bank the rest, get laid off with a fat severance and then look for another job after a period of unemployment than make $150K, stay at a job too long and then stil get laid off after a few years.

I’m 50, started really job hopping in 2008 and have 8 jobs since then after stating at my second “stable” job for 9 years getting 3% raises and seeing my bonuses decrease.

When I was looking for a job not by choice last year and the year before it took three weeks.

It was much easier finding a job based on my experience in BigTech than it would have been if my experience had just been a regular old enterprise CRUD developer like I was before 2020.