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Don't interpret this survey as "Most people's primary reason for leaving is compensation", because the survey does not ask this ;)
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Re "trust is broken" - I used to think like this and I understand, but I would encourage you to try a more nuanced POV. There's a decent chance your manager was simply not allowed to accommodate you, and your verbal notice unlocked options from upper management.
A good human being would say, "i'm not allowed to say this but...". Which good managers will do. You're on the path to leaving anyway.
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https://randsinrepose.com/archives/shields-down/ is a classic article (and an incredibly important read for anyone in engineering management) that essentially argues that these two questions are fundamentally equivalent.
Jesus, I just looked at this article's bullet points for the factors that we evaluate in an instant when considering leaving a job. And where I failed every line. :\ I knew that I was looking for something else but I hadn't consciously realized it had gotten that bad. Am I happy with my job? Do I like my manager? My team? Is this project I’m working on fulfilling? Am I learning? Am I respected? Am I growing? Do I fee…
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Same thing happened to me at my last company. I was over worked, wore too many hats, and was paid significantly less than my team mates who were more junior than I was (and had less responsibility). I had a handful of conversations that never amounted to anything. As soon as I put in my notice with a new offer in hand suddenly I was able to "set my price". I left for other reasons as well, but it really shone a light…
Too many roles / too many hats is far too common and why I find it hard to stay anywhere more than 4-5 years. As a senior IC in a super-flat & growing org.. I'm almost like a customer successs engineer, product manager, scrum master, senior developer and tech lead all rolled into one. Management administrivia I accumulate administrative things my manager doesn't want to do & pushes down I do unofficially own a part o…
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This. It's a different game right now. As an employer it's very hard to take everyone's salary up 20% because that's what they might get elsewhere. So you don't. So people leave. But this won't last forever.
> But this won't last forever. I feel like this quote is relevant, if slightly off topic: "The market can stay irrational longer than you can remain solvent." i.e. You may run out of good candidates long before your competitors stop offering 20% more than you.
I'll be departing my job at the end of the month. I had too many roles, affecting too many pieces of engineering, and my title didn't reflect my work. I needed to go down to a 4 day work week and have my title reflect my roles, but my manager attempted to call my bluff and essentially said it's not going to happen. I hinted about what my decision would have to be if these accomodations couldn't be made, but he didn't…
Re "trust is broken" - I used to think like this and I understand, but I would encourage you to try a more nuanced POV. There's a decent chance your manager was simply not allowed to accommodate you, and your verbal notice unlocked options from upper management.
I love people, and I love the people I work with.
But 40 hours a week is too much for me to be around other people.
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>> Why would you pay off your house when you can keep the cash in an investment... I asked someone that in my mid 20's. He said "It's nice knowing I can support my family working at McDonalds if I have to." That stuck with me. Something fundamental changes in your life when you become debt-free.
> Something fundamental changes in your life when you become debt-free. This to me is the only legitimate criticism, and it really boils down to risk-reward. If you're holding cash for say a backup fund, great! That's good security and everyone should aspire to that. But also acknowledge that with 6% inflation, you're actually losing 6% on that backup fund. Inflation is insipid. You _must_ take risk with your funds j…
At least monetary wealth can be diversely invested; so you have some control over it. Most of the risks that come from owning a house are completely out of your hands.
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>keep the cash in an investment account making > 5% APR vs. the house loan which presumably is in the low 3s. One is guaranteed, one is not. Markets are volatile. I lived through 2001 and 2008 as a working stiff, that shit can drop on a dime. Right now, I have no debts. House and vehicle are paid off and I have an "oh shit" account that's pretty good. I can sit here as a hermit for at least a year or two, three if I…
This is something you can hedge against, which is known as a sequence risk [0]. There are investment vehicles with built in volatility buffers designed to avoid this https://paradigmlife.net/blog/episode/the-volatility-buffer-... . That 3 years of cash on hand would be better off in some kind of investment and if you're worried, supported by a volatility buffer. [0] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sequence-risk.…