>you bring home say $300k/yr. You don't live in a HCOL
Oh, I didn't know we were fantasizing about 2022.
> you can still say you spent 10 years working at MS or Google and that would get you red carpet treatment just about anywhere.
well, not in 2025. Market is rough and it's all topsy tuvrvy out there, with lots of companies pretending to hire but not.
>If I was at one of these big tech companies and someone told me I was stagnant and would never get prompted I would just tell them so what. I bring home $300k for my family and I have a good work life balance
Even tech isn't immune to "move up or move out". Google's had plenty of layoffs these past few years and that's an easy way for the gravy train to end. Hope you got plenty of savings.
I don't think this world exists anymore. A lot of people I know are stressed out of their minds for the last few years by being way overworked and under constant threat of a layoff. I'm not talking about startups, I'm talking about Big Tech Corp. But I guess the mythical coasting engineer making a big tech salary that everyone talks about will never go out of style.
Oh, I didn't know we were fantasizing about 2022.
> you can still say you spent 10 years working at MS or Google and that would get you red carpet treatment just about anywhere.
well, not in 2025. Market is rough and it's all topsy tuvrvy out there, with lots of companies pretending to hire but not.
>If I was at one of these big tech companies and someone told me I was stagnant and would never get prompted I would just tell them so what. I bring home $300k for my family and I have a good work life balance
Even tech isn't immune to "move up or move out". Google's had plenty of layoffs these past few years and that's an easy way for the gravy train to end. Hope you got plenty of savings.