I spent 9 years at my first FT job out of college at a hedge fund known at the time for culling the bottom 10% of performers annually at the time. That long of

I spent 9 years at my first FT job out of college at a hedge fund known at the time for culling the bottom 10% of performers annually at the time. That long of tenure at a place with that reputation has openned more doors than it has closed, especially within the finance industry. Lately, I've been getting 4-6 emails from local recruiters per week. An aside, even when you spend that long in a single position, you do need to keep learning on new and relevant technology; I attended every on house training seminar I could, which helped a lot, and spent a good portion every day reading. I spent 7 years at that company in the same effective role, and never changed job titles, but saw a >200% increase in take home pay in that same period.