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It’s a bad look to be leaving jobs every 6-18 months repeatedly, but one or two incidences won’t tank your career. The FB offer looks like a great opportunity,
by gshdg 7y ago
It’s a bad look to be leaving jobs every 6-18 months repeatedly, but one or two incidences won’t tank your career.
The FB offer looks like a great opportunity, but if you only stay there a year, you’re designing a resume that will get you labeled as a job hopper and screened out of a lot of future roles at the resume stage.
Whichever you choose - the current job or FB - I suggest you make sure you stay there for at least 2 full years before making your next move, whether to grad school or another company.
- buzzwr 7y agoTotally makes sense. I will keep this in my mind. Right now I am planning to stay at least 2 years at Facebook. Thank you for your guidance :)
- throwaway413 7y agoAnecdata: I jumped jobs every 3-5 months for the first 2 years of my career and went from 50k - 250k with a 20-50k raise every time. I’ve been at my current gig almost two years now.
- scarejunba 7y agoWhen was that? With comp being much higher these days, companies are being more selective. Well, non-FAANGs are.
- mars4rp 7y agoshouldn't it be the other way around? by being more selective, companies shrink the pool of candidates that are already limited. That results in them having to pay even more comp!
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- scarejunba 7y agoSelective about the job hoppers, I mean. They do give solid comp but if you get a 100k signing bonus with a 1 year clawback you aren't keeping that.
- throwaway413 7y ago2014 - 2016
- scarejunba 7y agoThank you.
- throwaway413 7y agoNo problem, thank you. And just for clarification as I'm reading your other comments - my numbers above were salary only, not total comp. Also something I think that is important to note is that these were small startups (5-50 people). I don't think you could use the same tactic successfully at a larger company with more defined roles. The ambiguity of wearing multiple hats makes it easier to showcase your direct value to the business.
- scarejunba 7y agoThanks for that. Priors updated.