Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no interest in progressing?

Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by clipradiowallet on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:57AM (#28303275)

I've had the same experience - going to do the same job for another company is how you end up with 20% or more increases in pay. I've never gotten more than 10%(and that was just once) from a current employer. What's worse, if you do get the 10% bump, their attitude shifts to thinking you owe them for it - or at least my employer's attitude did.

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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by ryandrake on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:07PM (#28307016)

This gets brought up here lots, but the whole "leave for 20% more pay" thing only is true earlier in your career. You will eventually plateau. Your next job switch will maybe be 15-20%, your next one 10-15%, etc. until you reach the inevitable compensation plateau. I'm over 20 years into my career and my last job change was for +1% or so, and I looked! No company would offer more.

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Re:Ask HN: Managing career progression for those with no int... by nly on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:13PM (#28307086)

So then your strategy shifts, right? You start looking for more interesting, novel, less stressful or more stimulating work for the same pay.

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