>>In Silicon Valley hopping companies can be like $100k/year or more gross pay difference.
That has limits too. Its not like you can hop 20 companies in 10 years and end up making like $2+ million an year.
Eventually you will max out of levels to get promoted too. Then the only options are to startup on your own or be an exec at a large company.
Plus Im guessing any reasonable increase in your levels comes with fair degree of risks, workplace politics, up-or-out workplace policies and if you have a history of hopping 2 companies/year serious shops aren't going to hire you to only replace you 6 months from now.
Leave one or two stints off your resume and say you were having a sabbatical at burning man and never left the desert until the universe aligned you with that specific founder’s mission, problem solved
That has limits too. Its not like you can hop 20 companies in 10 years and end up making like $2+ million an year.
Eventually you will max out of levels to get promoted too. Then the only options are to startup on your own or be an exec at a large company.
Plus Im guessing any reasonable increase in your levels comes with fair degree of risks, workplace politics, up-or-out workplace policies and if you have a history of hopping 2 companies/year serious shops aren't going to hire you to only replace you 6 months from now.