> The best mindset is that you could be gone tomorrow. It gives you clarity and purpose. Probably the best advice you can give someone in the tech industry. Ev

> The best mindset is that you could be gone tomorrow. It gives you clarity and purpose. Probably the best advice you can give someone in the tech industry. Even when I'm happy and content in a position, I'm still constantly looking and interviewing. I got burned pretty bad at two startups in a row where the founders were pitching rainbows and unicorns and one company just went bust and I showed up one day and they sent everybody home - no severance, no reference, nothing. The other scenario, one of the founders fled the country with the money and left everybody high and dry. Both were eye opening enough where now I have multiple backup plans, I network like crazy, I listen to what people are saying, I watch and see who's leaving the company. If you see higher executives leaving en masse, its a lot different then a few low level sales people. In both of the above situations, I missed a lot of red flags I would've caught today.