The one-salary experiment, ten years in
Right now I&#x27;m struggling with whether or not to leave. I&#x27;m currently at a well-known company, and I&#x27;m uncharacteristically happy because my WLB is the best it&#x27;s been in my career.<p>However, I&#x27;m getting a bit bored and I also know I could make at least $50,000 a year more if I leave. Hell, even the new engineers joining my company at the same level are making more than I am.<p>But the culture and pay at my company is just good enough such that staying isn&#x27;t a horrible decision. And I don&#x27;t want to start studying dynamic programming again for my interviews (I&#x27;ve never used it except in interview environments, so I keep forgetting and losing the ability to quickly answer questions).<p>So yes, I could make a nice amount more (plus large sign on bonus) but WLB is good enough to keep me, at least for another year. I pick up my kids every day at school and I love it, it&#x27;s worth the money for now.