Why I Quit a $450k Engineering Job at Netflix
Playing it safe is the riskiest choice of all
8 min readFeb 28, 2022
I thought I was going to stay at Netflix forever. Top of market pay. Freedom and responsibility. Unlimited PTO. What more could you ask for?
So when I quit Netflix in May 2021, everyone thought I was crazy. My parents objected first. Coming from cultural revolution China where they…