# How Software Developers Can Use Career Risk to Their Advantage

DevFeed: [How Software Developers Can Use Career Risk to Their Advantage](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/stability-is-a-myth-32376.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://brianjenney.substack.com/p/stability-is-a-myth>)

Author: Brian Jenney

Published: 2026-06-14T23:22:06Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Brian Jenney](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/brian-jenney.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Job](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/job.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [job](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/job.md>), [junior-developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/junior-developer.md>), [money](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/money.md>), [software-developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-developer.md>), [startup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/startup.md>), [stress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stress.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that software developers should distinguish between types of career risk and use calculated moves to improve their skills and opportunities. It draws on the author's experience leaving a secure job, becoming a junior developer, and later moving to a startup where learning and salary increased.

## Source excerpt

And It's Quietly Killing Your Career