Im in the camp of stability is greater than interesting work. If pay doesnt matter and if i remember correctly you plan to retire in 10 or less?
This is kind of the thing.
Dude, they went through 4 layoff rounds when I worked there and I missed EVERY SINGLE FUCKING ONE OF THEM.
I'm in a similar situation to you. You are in a pretty sweet position. Some things at work require more brain power than other. If I want a new challenge that's orthogonal to my work, I do what
TomServo
recommended. I have a lot of projects at home from learning some EE to build and program some micro controllers, dacs, amps, etc. to homelabbing. If you are happy with your income, the people at work, and the company is a going concern, why switch? You could be giving up something good for a hot mess of a tech stack and people who you might not like.
I am in the middle of my second layoff. Severance just ended, but it was indeed a very nice package. Just ramping up my job searches now, and have had some recruiters reach out to put me up in front of hiring companies, so that's always nice. Max unemployment in CO is actually not shit, so there's that too. I am ok for the next 6 months in the worst case, and I don't have to settle for shit paying jobs.
I don't know who Folder is. Your comments back though seem you want someone to just push you in a direction you have already decided and you're not looking for any sort of counter to the reality of ther job market. If that's the case then why are you even asking? Everything you mentioned between the two jobs doesn't make a good case for leaving your current position. Why are you so hostile?AlsoM Power wtf is up with your complete paranoia about layoffs. Your posts are about nothing but job security and layoff bullshit.
Are you Folder?
Quevy
Its more or less being at an inflection point. The biggest mistake of my career was listening to my father and staying at General Motors longer than 3 years. I should have bailed at like 2. But he cautioned it was a great job with great benefits, which it was, but the environment was stifling to me. I can't really be some guy who just crunches dev tickets its too boring. I absolutely thrive in high growth chaos with ambiguous problem solving where I am empowered to solve problems and make things happen. I know that isn't for everyone and most don't even like that kind of work. But I love it.
As you age you'll find more appeal in the steady thing over the exciting thing. Moreso if you have a wife and kids. If you have enough socked away to retire, then chase whatever is most fun. Your life. Your choice. Nothing is ever permanent.Because your comments have a distinct singular focus and smell like faggotry. Which is all Folder ever provided this thread.
7 years at my current job is a long time. I've stayed because I like the place. Its not like I need a new job and am just looking to escape something I hate it is looking to expand the scope of my work. Do I try my hand somewhere else where the org is more setup to leverage the things I've been implementing, but nobody has been using, at my current job? Or do I sit at my current job and continue to rely on my institutional knowledge to advance the platform and slowly convince the org to use it?
