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this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2023
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I don't know, if I can get a really nice pay raise by going somewhere else and am not getting any pay raise where I am despite finally being able to "produce good code" I'd be angry and want to leave. You should do good work, yes, but this mentality of the fact that you have some degree self sacrifice being somehow more important than salary is naive and exploitative as well. If your company values you then you pay should reflect that. It isn't charity. (Unless you actually are working for a charity but that's different haha.)
If your skill set is just getting up to speed, that seems limiting to me.
I know I've ignored many resumes with people who jump jobs every 2 years because those first 2 years you're getting paid to be varying degrees of incompetent and useless within a team. Moreover, someone who leaves every 2 years will never be in a position where they actually have to deal with long-term problems.
If you don't think you're getting paid enough, well enough go out and do some capitalism. But going into any given job with the intention of quitting almost immediately to optimize your pay, I don't think that's necessarily the right way of doing it either. Employment is actually a 2-way street in good companies.