Disclaimer: I've never quit or been laid off (except when the whole thing closed up). I'd quit if "things turned sour", that depends the mood, the interpersona

Disclaimer: I've never quit or been laid off (except when the whole thing closed up). I'd quit if "things turned sour", that depends the mood, the interpersonal relationships, my own sense of feeling good about the situation at work. I know some people are very worried about "falling behind", and they may be right, I don't know, I explore stuff that interests me, I do that either on my own time, or I find some excuse to do it at work (metaprogramming, refactoring, internal or personal tool building, are examples where you can do whatever you want).