India, April 27 -- Last year, Puneet Patwari left his role as Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft and joined Atlassian as Principal Software Engineer. On paper, it looked like a smooth success story. Patwari, however, says the three months he spent preparing for a job switch nearly broke him.

In a thread shared on the social media platform X yesterday, Patwari warned that while switching jobs can boost salary and career growth, people often underestimate the intense personal and mental cost involved.

(Also read: Man's salary jumps from Rs.2.6 LPA to Rs.85 LPA in 8 years after 5 job switches: 'Skills compound, smart switching pays')

"Last year, I cracked Atlassian's loop, moved into a Principal Engineer role, and had offers from Amazo...