From 2020 to 2025, you did the same amount of work, shouldered the same level of responsibility, and yet not a single cent of your paycheck increased. In the past three-plus years, put simply, it’s been stable, standing still. You know it in your heart, but you always keep thinking, just wait a bit longer.
By 2026, you finally figure it out and you submit your resignation to your boss. The boss says you’re one of the best employees and they want to keep you. But the reality is that out there, other companies are offering a direct 75% increase and promising to adjust salaries annually based on performance. This isn’t an impulse—it’s the market that sets a real price.
Looking back, it wasn’t that you lacked value; it was that you hadn’t been revalued by others. Today, $BASED is in the same situation: it dropped 15% outright. Seeing the charts feels awful, but if you look at it from another angle, when the market is re-pricing it, the room created by the drop is actually clearer than if you just stubbornly keep holding on. Putting in the same effort doesn’t mean you should accept the same return. Either wait for the wind to come, or step out and go elsewhere.
Remember this lesson—don’t waste too long in the same spot. $BASED
By 2026, you finally figure it out and you submit your resignation to your boss. The boss says you’re one of the best employees and they want to keep you. But the reality is that out there, other companies are offering a direct 75% increase and promising to adjust salaries annually based on performance. This isn’t an impulse—it’s the market that sets a real price.
Looking back, it wasn’t that you lacked value; it was that you hadn’t been revalued by others. Today, $BASED is in the same situation: it dropped 15% outright. Seeing the charts feels awful, but if you look at it from another angle, when the market is re-pricing it, the room created by the drop is actually clearer than if you just stubbornly keep holding on. Putting in the same effort doesn’t mean you should accept the same return. Either wait for the wind to come, or step out and go elsewhere.
Remember this lesson—don’t waste too long in the same spot. $BASED