https://jkjensen.me/tags/engineering-culture/Recent content in engineering-culture on jk jensenHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 21 Feb 2022 09:25:52 -0500https://jkjensen.me/posts/2022-02-21-what-meta-does-to-retain-me/Mon, 21 Feb 2022 09:25:52 -0500https://jkjensen.me/posts/2022-02-21-what-meta-does-to-retain-me/(thoughts are my own and not representative of those of my employer) Lots of people have described this topic more eloquently than I can. Nothing in this post will merit a NYT article and nothing, really, will be groundbreaking. But a recent blog post by a friend about why he left {:target=“blank”} gave me pause – why do I stay here instead of finding the next great thing? If my resume is any indication, I’m not afraid to jump ship when a big opportunity presents itself; I have wondered time and again if I’m flakey or distractable or if I just don’t have the grit to stick it out through hard things.