Ask HN: Worked for one company for more than 5 years? What kept you there?
What did the company do that made you want to stay?
Or, what would have kept you around longer?
Besides more money of course.
Or, what would have kept you around longer?
Besides more money of course.
I left because ultimately there was too much friction between my methods/goals and those of the incumbents. I had buy-in from upper management but they lacked the conviction to really support the changes necessary.
I tend to not get emotionally invested in a given organization anymore and as a result I've taken to consulting.
I liked my co-workers, and was not exposed to petty power games or big egos.
>What would have kept you around longer?
Kill off the petty power games and big egos that came along later. Money and respect, when I left they still had me listed as a new grad with <2 years experience along with the associated shit pay. The company wasn't really growing so there wasn't room to advance or build new products.
+ Small enough IT department so I got to wear many hats and learn a lot.
+ I wasn't the _only_ IT person, so there were others I could bounce ideas off of.
+ Boss was supportive when I wanted to go from sysadmin to developer.
- Wasn't enough development work available at the office to do full time.
- Corporate remembered us and started to order layoffs. Eventually every other member of my team was gone.
The economy went into the trash right as I decided it was time to leave, so I stayed a few years longer than I wanted to.
More money wouldn't have kept me there any longer.