14 years at one company broke a senior dev's career. Loyalty is a scam.

A senior frontend dev spent 14 years at one company, got laid off, and discovered they couldn't pass a modern interview. That's not a cautionary tale. That's the system working as designed. I keep thinking about this story. It surfaced in a developer community known for strict anti-venting rules, and it still resonated hard. That tells you something about how many people saw themselves in it. The Comfort Trap Fourteen years is a long time. Long enough to become the person everyone asks about tha