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‘I’m proud of being a job hopper’: Seattle engineer’s post about company loyalty goes viral
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this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2024
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I've averaged ~12 job hops in the last 6 years and I wouldn't change a thing. Compensation growth has been roughly 6.05x. The previous 6 years was...maybe 3? And maybe 2x.
I owe the big corps nothing. I meet expectations and deliverables and I support my team however I can, but that's about it.
Easier and more straightforward to get a position and salary promotion by way of hopping jobs than it is to do within the same company.
It's really sad that this is the state of things but it is how it is.
Sadly true. In my earlier years I watched new hires sometimes start at the same or more than I was getting after 1-2 mediocre raises.
At one of my last longer term jobs, I was miffed at the lack of compensation increases over the last 2 years, so I told them I was quitting. I even said I don't have anything lined up, but I just can't continue knowing the market is paying more. They ended up magically finding a 20% increase for me - where was that before?