The test one former Microsoft engineer used to decide whether it was time to quit his job A former Microsoft engineer shared the question he asked himself to decide whether to leave. Maskot/Getty Images Kun Chen, an engineer, said he used a test to decide to leave Microsoft for Meta. To see if he was still growing, he asked himself what he did this month that he couldn't do the month prior. He said workers don't necessarily have to leave a role if they're not growing. To stay or to leave : It's the question many workers wrestle with for months, if not years. While job-hugging may feel safest in this employment market, some employees are still choosing to walk away from cushy jobs, and one former Microsoft engineer shared his framework for making that decision. In an episode of Steve Huynh's, "A Life Engineered" podcast released Monday, Kun Chen , a former engineer at Microsoft, Meta, and Atlassian, said that he used a simple test to decide whether it was time to leave.…