When Should You Switch Teams Or Companies? - Daniel Tomko's Perspective

Daniel Tomko spent much longer at the companies in his career compared to most engineers: 11 years at Microsoft and 8 years at Meta. Within these companies, Daniel did various team changes.

• Switching companies has a higher "transaction cost" compared to switching teams.
• At a large enough company, you have tons of interesting technical challenges and people to work with.

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