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Can you please share why do you advice to stay at a company for 2 years? If someone is not getting challenging kind of work to push your knowledge and technolog
by banna2 8y ago
Can you please share why do you advice to stay at a company for 2 years?
If someone is not getting challenging kind of work to push your knowledge and technology beyond limits?
And how to portrait your accomplishments in resume for such role when u r just building API's
- starbugs 8y agoI did not advice anyone to stay at a company for two years. And I wouldn't advice anything that drastical based on a short HN text and some vague interpretation of what op is up for. IF someone is unchallenged as you imply I'd say a good first step would be to talk to your superior before following a generic "change company every two years" advice for no reason.
- scarface74 8y agoI also wasn’t implying you should change jobs after two years. I was saying you probably shouldn’t change jobs in less than two years. There are switching costs to changing jobs (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17796166 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17796166), but statistically, job switchers make more than people who stay (https://www.fastcompany.com/3055035/you-should-plan-on-switching-jobs-every-three-years-for-the-rest-of-your- https://www.fastcompany.com/3055035/you-should-plan-on-switc...)
- scarface74 8y agoThe two years part was the “what works for 90% of the people 90% of the time” type of advice. From what I have read on HN and from my personal anecdotal experience is that a job stint of less than two years looks bad on your resume unless you have a good reason and a good story to tell - layoff, contracting, etc. On the other hand, if you start interviewing after a year, what’s the harm? There are only two outcomes. You won’t find a job until year two and you won’t be considered a “job hopper” or you will and it doesn’t matter.