Thirty years across three careers: mechanical engineer, proposals and business-development manager, and software engineer. The same habits run through all three: own the setup, cost the options, and fix problems where they start.
Drawn to scale. Place markers show the year of each move.
A thread worth knowing: every employer I left asked me back. Bosch Rexroth rehired me in 2004, and Howard Marten brought me back in 2006. I've also been building things on the side since I learned BASIC at ten.