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Most developers doing the one year stint thing don't care about anything other than salary. No matter what you do for them they will jump after a year. Seeing t

by tensor 9y ago

Most developers doing the one year stint thing don't care about anything other than salary. No matter what you do for them they will jump after a year. Seeing that pattern on a resume a big warning sign. These people are simply mercenary and deserve to be treated as such.

emodendroket 9y ago
Maybe, but how many times do people sign on at positions that either weren't at all what was pitched or else have changed so much as to be completely unrecognizable in a few years after the company changes hands and turns everyone over a few times?
lovich 9y ago
Most companies seem to think that a good years raise is just a cost of living increase. If one side acted better I could see getting all high and mighty about it, but that's not the case. When companies decided to cut all loyalty to employees they shouldn't be surprised when the feeling is reciprocated
- logfromblammo 9y ago
  This. Loyalty is a two-way street. Seeing a series of one-year terms on a resume means that the candidate is probably mercenary now, but it also means that none of those previous companies invested anything into retention or morale. They could probably be converted back to a company stalwart if only someone would treat them right. On my resume, the "at-will" terminations outnumber the number of times I jumped ship for a better situation, 5 to 1. This last year's raise was just a cost of living increase, and they crappified the health benefits, so I may have to even those numbers up a bit soon. The only thing stopping me is the horrid, nauseating, bile-raising gauntlet of developer interviews.
ataturk 9y ago
Given everything that has been discussed on this very page, what's wrong with mercenary tactics? WTF? Companies hold no loyalty to anyone except maybe their inner circle, MBA types are the most mercenary pigs around, and yet you expect a developer with actual skills and something to offer to act differently? How about no? You get maybe 25 years to make all the money you're ever really going to make as a developer. That's it! So you better fucking be a mercenary. What you're really saying when you see that on a resume is: "Here's someone I can't exploit, mistreat, or fuck over" and that terrifies you. I'll change jobs whenever and however it suits me. Hell, I once quit a gig because the bathrooms stank too much!

by tensor 9y ago

emodendroket 9y ago

Maybe, but how many times do people sign on at positions that either weren't at all what was pitched or else have changed so much as to be completely unrecognizable in a few years after the company changes hands and turns everyone over a few times?

lovich 9y ago

Most companies seem to think that a good years raise is just a cost of living increase. If one side acted better I could see getting all high and mighty about it, but that's not the case. When companies decided to cut all loyalty to employees they shouldn't be surprised when the feeling is reciprocated

logfromblammo 9y ago
This. Loyalty is a two-way street. Seeing a series of one-year terms on a resume means that the candidate is probably mercenary now, but it also means that none of those previous companies invested anything into retention or morale. They could probably be converted back to a company stalwart if only someone would treat them right. On my resume, the "at-will" terminations outnumber the number of times I jumped ship for a better situation, 5 to 1. This last year's raise was just a cost of living increase, and they crappified the health benefits, so I may have to even those numbers up a bit soon. The only thing stopping me is the horrid, nauseating, bile-raising gauntlet of developer interviews.

ataturk 9y ago

Given everything that has been discussed on this very page, what's wrong with mercenary tactics? WTF? Companies hold no loyalty to anyone except maybe their inner circle, MBA types are the most mercenary pigs around, and yet you expect a developer with actual skills and something to offer to act differently? How about no? You get maybe 25 years to make all the money you're ever really going to make as a developer. That's it! So you better fucking be a mercenary. What you're really saying when you see that on a resume is: "Here's someone I can't exploit, mistreat, or fuck over" and that terrifies you. I'll change jobs whenever and however it suits me. Hell, I once quit a gig because the bathrooms stank too much!