I don’t understand how talented engineers can just job hop. I’ve spent 6 years at the current job, and while I feel safe and ready to try something new they’ve thrown so much RSUs at me (and their stock has done so well) that I stand to lose a life-changing sum of money if I just leave. People casually changing their jobs feel about as foreign to me as people who purposely seek a sense of meaning from their job. Am I thinking about this wrong, or is this just the “golden handcuffs” thing people sometimes speak of.
I often find myself daydreaming of, post-vesting, moving somewhere cheaper and getting a part time job at a coffee shop. Now that I’m largely out of survival mode, I dream of a life where I can just own a home and participate in a community without being stuck in a place that feels like one big ponzi scheme. I feel like any corporate engineering job is built to steal as much of that from you as possible.
Perhaps not, I honestly don’t really know what the average experience in software is like. I keep hearing people online simultaneously talk about making mid-six-figure salaries and also job hopping, I might just be conflating two possible life situations.
I often find myself daydreaming of, post-vesting, moving somewhere cheaper and getting a part time job at a coffee shop. Now that I’m largely out of survival mode, I dream of a life where I can just own a home and participate in a community without being stuck in a place that feels like one big ponzi scheme. I feel like any corporate engineering job is built to steal as much of that from you as possible.