Yeah I should have clarified that "two, maybe three years" was not for leaving a company, but rather how long I think you should remain in one job. Moving from

Yeah I should have clarified that "two, maybe three years" was not for leaving a company, but rather how long I think you should remain in one job. Moving from junior to associate programmer, going from analyst to engineer, even moving from helpdesk to development, it's a step up. In IBM terms, if you're a band 7 for three years, it might be time to look at other options. If I am Associate Middleware Software Engineer at Company X for four years, IMO, that's a little too long.