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Yeah. The wrinkle is I've only been at my current gig for five months... the pragmatic side of me doesn't want to have two back-to-back five month stints on my

Yeah. The wrinkle is I've only been at my current gig for five months... the pragmatic side of me doesn't want to have two back-to-back five month stints on my resume. I left my last job after five months because a former coworker presented me with an opportunity that I'm discovering was slightly... embellished.

madhouse 16y ago
On another hand, I'd assume it looks good on a resume when it can be seen you have principles: you're not going to continue producing garbage if you can avoid it. Integrity and quality are two good words to have on a resume ;)
mattm 16y ago
I haven't worked longer than nine months at any one place since starting my career four years ago. It hasn't hurt me in finding work. In fact, it's probably helped me. I have had a couple past places contact me for work, I have a larger network and it has given me a wider range of knowledge and experience. Be careful about living your life based on what other people will think. Live how you want to live. You always have a choice and you are always making a choice. The last employment position I had (currently I'm contracting) I should have quit in the first month. But instead I stuck it out and left after six months having been ashamed at the apps I was working on. I would have saved myself a lot of grief and could have found better work that I could actually be proud of. This place was the only time where I actually dreaded going to work by the end. It was so bad that one morning I was actually contemplating to just not show up and I didn't care enough to tell anyone.
- spread_thin 16y ago
  Do you do contract work? Or has it been run-of-the-mill full-time employment? I agree about not living based on what other people think--I guess it's the typical decision between "take a risk" and "comfortable misery"... although put that way, doesn't seem like there's really choice, does it?

madhouse 16y ago

On another hand, I'd assume it looks good on a resume when it can be seen you have principles: you're not going to continue producing garbage if you can avoid it. Integrity and quality are two good words to have on a resume ;)

mattm 16y ago

I haven't worked longer than nine months at any one place since starting my career four years ago. It hasn't hurt me in finding work. In fact, it's probably helped me. I have had a couple past places contact me for work, I have a larger network and it has given me a wider range of knowledge and experience. Be careful about living your life based on what other people will think. Live how you want to live. You always have a choice and you are always making a choice. The last employment position I had (currently I'm contracting) I should have quit in the first month. But instead I stuck it out and left after six months having been ashamed at the apps I was working on. I would have saved myself a lot of grief and could have found better work that I could actually be proud of. This place was the only time where I actually dreaded going to work by the end. It was so bad that one morning I was actually contemplating to just not show up and I didn't care enough to tell anyone.

spread_thin 16y ago
Do you do contract work? Or has it been run-of-the-mill full-time employment? I agree about not living based on what other people think--I guess it's the typical decision between "take a risk" and "comfortable misery"... although put that way, doesn't seem like there's really choice, does it?