I want to fight against it and not give in. The idea of hopping to a new job every 2 years sounds like my nightmare. I also believe there is incredible value in having long-term employees. They've seen the success and failure, they know what's ben tried, what the deeper issues are, and they are invested in making sure things actually work, because they will be the ones who have to live with the decisions. I harbor so much animosity for the people who jump into a company, change a bunch of stuff they don't understand, and then leave while patting themselves on the back. I don't think I could live with myself if that were my life.

I've managed to keep my expenses pretty low. I'm hoping I can continue to save for a while, and then get a job at a library or something. Enough to cover ongoing expenses, with my previous savings being enough to have a conformable retirement. I don't like how transactional and self-serving work has become. Finding a place that isn't like that seems to be like winning the lotto, since it is so hard to know going into it... and it only takes 1 seemingly minor leadership change to shift the whole culture.