Feb 28, 2024
The familiar question "should I stay or should I go?" is common to programmers, or really anyone in a tech job. But it's tempting to just bail the moment you don't like some aspect of the job, hoping for greener pastures.
The flipside of this is when you probably should have left a long time ago but you stick around! Hey, I've been there. It's easy to have fear and blind spots make it hard to know what to do.
In this episode I share 7 signs it may be time to quit your toxic tech job and move on to something better. If you only see several of these signs, that's actually pretty normal. But if you're stacking up a bunch of these (or a few are particularly bad) you need to take action!
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Chapter markers / timelinks:
(1:57) 7 Signs it's Time to Quit Your Tech Job
(2:42) 1. Personal and Professional Stagnation
(3:32) 1.1 Self-Serving Pitching of Opportunities
(4:42) 1.2 Career Advancement Opportunities
(6:15) 2. Misaligned Goals or Ethics
(6:22) 2.1 Unethical Asks by Company
(7:19) 2.2 No Passion for Company
(8:20) 3. Toxic Work Environment
(8:30) 3.1 Poor Decisions by Management
(9:47) 3.2 Micromanagement
(10:56) 3.3 Lack of Support
(11:50) 3.4 Overwork Culture
(13:15) 3.5 Undervalued Employees
(14:25) 3.6 Rife with Politics
(15:56) 4. Work/Life Imbalance
(16:04) 4.1 Unsustainable Work Hours
(16:59) 4.2 No Flexibility
(18:28) 5. Compensation Below Industry Standard
(19:08) 5.1 Mismatch betweeen Qualifications and Pay
(20:27) 5.2 Lack of Benefits
(21:31) 6. Diminished Quality of Work
(21:42) 6.1 Lack of Motivation
(22:28) 6.2 Overlooked Contributions
(23:24) 7. Better Opportunities Elsewhere
(23:41) 7.1 Talk to People When Employed!
(25:14) 7.2 Failure to Follow Industry Changes
(26:32) Episode Groove
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