~20 yoe, mostly as ic dev. tc ~340k. msft L65, promo talk to 66 feels doable. Family is healthy and happy! Have emails in last few weeks from recruiters at goog, fb, a couple of amazon teams and other companies. Really like my current job (role, unique problem space, co-workers, 5 weeks vacation, commute). Pretty good at a lot if things, always meet people who are better at some. Super busy between 50-55 hours/week at work + family. Dont need more comp (college squared away, retirement on track, mortgage reasonable for seattle area). Curious about interviewing, but feel like it is a waste of time without spending a 1-2 months doing lc grind and taking a week off to talk to multiple companies. what would you do?
Try to invest your money and time in something you enjoy apart from your work
Not much time unfortunately. Family is p-0 to me. I tell myself I will not ever take that for granted (you should too!). I like my work, it’s important to me, but “hobbies” ain’t in cards right now. Maybe in 10 years when kids are older.
Classic case of FOMO. Try Regret Minimization Framework: https://medium.com/@alyjuma/the-regret-minimization-framework-how-jeff-bezos-made-decisions-4d5a86deaf24
Thanks though, I don’t think it is fomo. I’m a 15 year msft vet. It’s mostly that I need to mix things up every 2-3 years. I feel like I’ve got about 6-12 months before I’m going to want a new(to-me) problem to futz around with.
A recession is brewing and MS has tons of cash. I'd say you'll be safer staying there and aiming for promo for the time being. If things clear up and you feel you need a chance you can always shop around. If you don't like it I can't imagine boomerang being too hard.
Why are you even interviewing?
Uhhhm... I’m not. I’m taking pulse in whether it’s worth my time?
Lol I misread the first few lines. I thought you were 20 years old when I read 20 yoe. I’m like good on you.
Never hurts to take a few calls. Know what it would take to walk away going into the process. I was in your shoes and got blown away by a few offers. If 350 can become 500 also working on some really cool projects, you’d have to at least consider it right? I sure did...
So do you regret it? Wlb good?
I’ll let you know as soon as I start :). But while I appreciated the wlb, I also value the growth of learning a new product/company. Complacency can be a dangerous thing at this stage in my career. If it doesn’t work, chances are I can always go back...
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You basically answered your question yourself - you don’t need more comp and you like the team, role, unique problem space, etc. Why tf would you risk that by taking a new job where all of those might be shit (shit team, bad role, terrible problem space, bad commute, etc) You should take the interviews, but think you’ll only accept any of these if all of those conditions are blown out of the water
Good question, I think I wonder if I’d have it “better” somewhere else. Now, I’m not naive enough to jump ship for an extra 50k/year and a pile of turds to eat every morning. But an interesting project in the “right” environment would be intriguing. I also feel annoyed at salary compression over the years. But that’s my ego talking.
Sounds like going for the interviews then is the best move, will be able to answer your questions and see what’s really out there.