If they're not hiring engineers for the company after the engineers quit - they're never going to. It's just a show and they'll continue to make up excuses. Lo

If they're not hiring engineers for the company after the engineers quit - they're never going to. It's just a show and they'll continue to make up excuses. Look up the past experience of new management and the makeup of the company they were at. It's likely that new management was brought in to bring the same kind of management they were doing. i.e. if they outsource engineering at the previous company, they're probably going to do it to yours. This is your way of finding out what is coming before they actually announce it. If a sexual harassment lawsuit comes out against the company or people in the company and anyone is even partially guilty - no matter who they are - fire anyone involved and replace them even faster. If you're an employee that is not involved with the issue, leave the company ASAP. It's unlikely the company will do the former until it's too late and thus you will see every possible metric plummet. If management has a tendency to not replace people very quickly - they are either never replacing them or they just don't give a shit. Either way, get out. If management is making their calendars private - they don't value transparency no matter what they say. Something is probably happening that they don't want you to know - and it's never something good. I need to study technical interview problems on a more regular basis if I want to get a new job. Big Company interviews are harder than ever. $500k/yr is kind of obtainable in the bay area for a single earner. It's also the only way I'll ever afford the region (in terms of a family w/ a home). I need to start thinking about alternative plans. I've learned that I need to optimize for financial gains at a much faster rate than I have. I'm now giving up on every other goal for the moment because they just don't matter in comparison. I've realized now I should've held out for better offers and studied harder last year. My $30k/yr jump in comp could've been $100k and I should've studied harder and interviewed at more big companies. I've also learned I should not stay at a company for a year in hopes to "learn something". Just optimize for $$$ because experience will follow no matter where you go. If your partner is a drama queen or just gets upset all the time (short of you giving 100% of everything you have to them) - it's definitely them and not you. You have to let them grow up and focus on your own shit. You can't let another person suck all your energy away - they should be giving you energy and not taking it all away. If you've been waiting to get something for a decade or what not - the inevitable getting of it is probably going to be wildly underwhelming. You spent too long waiting for it. :( In my case, it was a motorcycle. I had wanted one for 8+ years but inevitably when I did get one - it was and still is underwhelming. Unfortunately, I don't get to ride it much now anyway since I'm so focused on studying and don't see that changing for a while.