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I guess people do in the "why would you ever leave such a great job?!" sense, but people can get bored of any job after enough time.

• ergocoder 5y ago
  Outsiders also don't grasp how high a lowly senior engineer earns. Compensation in tech is so insane. Other high earning occupation just doesn't even come close. It would take doctors years to earn 250k a year. In tech with stock growth + RSU, you might get that as a junior eng. I earned 450k as a junior per year with pre-ipo company. This is why engineers can just leave and others are surprised.
  • kgwgk 5y ago
    To many people the high pay makes it more surprising, not less.
    • lotsofpulp 5y ago
      Many people have the causation backwards. The high pay is because the engineers are able to leave the job.
  • midasuni 5y ago
    Get a google job straight of of college and it seems you can retire very comfortably in your mid 30s
    • emodendroket 5y ago
      Seems like the big problem with early retirement scenarios is if you get sick you're fucked. Maybe if you leave the country.