The most chronic job hoopers I've seen are actually paid quite low though. They're the ones who come into interviews asking if we'd match a 10% salary increase

The most chronic job hoopers I've seen are actually paid quite low though. They're the ones who come into interviews asking if we'd match a 10% salary increase and I'd be like bro we could do double your current salary. Sadly they weren't able to reverse a linked list and didn't get the job. I feel like people tend to be paid pretty damn close to their market value, and inversely, buying the most expensive engineer in the market is usually worth it, with some exceptions, like the people who skill up in salary research and such. Job hopping works if you're paid below market value.