Seven different organizations have been paying me (in part) to write code since 1993. > Companies want cheap, throw away talent. I've read and heard about thi

Seven different organizations have been paying me (in part) to write code since 1993. > Companies want cheap, throw away talent. I've read and heard about this, and I think it's probably true in many or most cases, but I haven't had this problem in my career. I'm better compensated now than I ever have been, and when I want to move, it's easier than ever to get a good position. A little bit of context: most of my professional career was in the south and midwestern US, but the last decade has been in the San Francisco bay area. Also, while I've always been a software engineer, I've always worked more on the 'operational' side, often called 'devops', 'SRE' or 'production engineer' these days. I wish you the best going forward.