> it burns a chunk of trust if you've demonstrated will to walk away. I still don't understand this advice. As someone who has done this a few times at the sam

> it burns a chunk of trust if you've demonstrated will to walk away. I still don't understand this advice. As someone who has done this a few times at the same company, I have not witnessed it. Usually the whole point of an outside offer is to convince someone outside your management chain what you're worth (HR). At that point, the question isn't about loyalty, it's about the value of the work to the company on the whole (does your org even need an expensive engineer).