I switched jobs recently after 7 years at a company. It wasn’t the best job in the world, and I could’ve been making more money elsewhere, but I was finding the work interesting. I had one offer that was a substantial pay increase, but ultimately decided I wouldn’t be happy - it just wasn’t interesting work, and I was fortunate to be in a position where I had a choice.

It took more than a year, and quite a bit of rejection before I found a company I liked, with the benefit of more money.

I’m very happy I made the move. It took a long time and a lot of faith that I would find something better.

There are some programmers that love to program, and as long as they get to do that, they’re happy. Some are happy to do whatever so long as they’re making boatloads of cash and time to spend it. For me it’s engaging work in a space I’m interested in