Devs who have worked in a company for 5+ years,

What made you decide to stay there for that long?

Pay raise and new opportunities

Too much liking of the Comfort zones they provide, nice team members and satisfactory work

Three years here. Longest I’ve worked for any company.

I’ve stayed because of constant life upheaval (such as buying a house and moving), and also: long-term debilitating sickness plus burnout has made finding a better job extremely difficult.

So I haven’t really stayed by choice.

8 years here, only job I've stayed longer then 3 years in.

For me, it's a mixture of not wanting to restart someone else's transformation, and being determined enough to this places digital transformation through.

Its a mammoth of a roadmap, ambitious enough to fail, and challenging enough to please.

That's not to say I haven't come close to quitting a few times, but my current manager keeps paying me more, probably in fear of loosing me, but he's a good guy and gives me enough freedom to do what I need to do, but enough responsibility to keep my ego in check, I'm living the dream on that front, although being in a retailer, the dream has its nightmares too.

Programming interviews and raises.

Good team, good pay, not a lot of stress

By enjoying what you're building

Good team
Good management
Good pay
Stock options
Interesting and sometimes challenging work.
Flexibile hours/location.
Recruiters being annoying cold calling spamming fucktards.