Fair enough, amend my first response to say it’s predicated on the desire for the option to work less in the future. The same concept applies, though. You’re op

Fair enough, amend my first response to say it’s predicated on the desire for the option to work less in the future. The same concept applies, though. You’re optimizing for some future event while the OP was optimizing for something different. That is somewhat different than your post about the goal being "sufficient pay and health insurance benefits." Those you'd most likely already have without job hopping, even if your spouse gets sick. There's probably something to be said about the systemic causes that create an environment where even tech workers are so financial insecure as to foster that mindset, but that’s a digression.