I keep going back and forth on staying with the company I'm with or moving on. I think myself and our QA team member are going to leave this year, but no one else really knows that.

I have the chance to work with a start up a previous coworker works at — and I think I should take it. It's a pay cut, though, and not an insignificant one. The catch I guess, is work does profit sharing.. and that's almost like a trap. If you know you can get a large chunk of money at the end of every year if you can just tough it out, it feels like a sunk cost fallacy almost. If you don't find that new job in January, or the first half of the year, it feels like you might as well stay until that bonus comes.

So, I kind of worked out with them that I'll start next year if I pass the interviews... hopefully it works out. scream.

uh oh, it's October 2024 now!!

It's wild to go back and read this draft because two months after drafting this, I accepted the job at the startup, four years ago! We also recruited some folks from my old company after to join us, too.

I can say that four years on I definitely miss the benefits and pay at the prior company, but knowing how it changed I would probably be really depressed and miserable, but I also would probably be rolling in dough if I had stayed.

I don't know if I really love the place I switched to, but I met some amazing people and got to work for a time on a team that had people my age and also lots of women and fellow queer folks. It has changed since then... but I don't know if I totally regret the experience.