+1 to this. It no longer makes sense to stay longer than three years at a company as an individual software engineer. With the move to the cloud and the compres

+1 to this. It no longer makes sense to stay longer than three years at a company as an individual software engineer. With the move to the cloud and the compressed dev cycles that come with it, the pace of technology adoption and obsolescence has quickened considerably. What you did five years ago is no longer relevant from the employment perspective, and general software development experience is not valued at all by most employers anyway. Moving on every 2-3 years to a newer technology stack seems to be the best way to stay desirable as an Engineer.