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> Lots of employees here have bought into this company spread propaganda that job hopping like in the US will make you unemployable in the future. But is that
by oAlbe 7y ago
> Lots of employees here have bought into this company spread propaganda that job hopping like in the US will make you unemployable in the future.
But is that ultimately true? It feels to me that the companies hold the power to make that true, regardless of the propaganda. So even if you try to job hop, after a certain age they have all the power to make you unemployable. Am I wrong? (I hope I am)
- jb775 7y agoI think it depends if the job is a "lifelong-learning" type of job or not. I don't think anyone would say a doctor is unemployable because they moved to a new hospital every 2 years. I think software development is a lifelong-learning type industry where job hopping can actually be beneficial - you get to re-hone your existing skillset from a new perspective and are forced to constantly learn new tools. I think constant job hopping is bad in 3 situations: 1) If you work a non lifelong-learning job. 2) If you work a job that is mostly industry-specific relationship based. 3) If you are jumping around to different job roles entirely, where you never really become exceptionally talented at any single role. My general rule of thumb for deciding when to job hop is when I feel as if I've stopped learning new things.