My friend is taking a 1 credit hour "learn to get a job" type course in his senior year. Among the few pearls of wisdom, they told him that the average duration

My friend is taking a 1 credit hour "learn to get a job" type course in his senior year. Among the few pearls of wisdom, they told him that the average duration for a college grad is 18 months. So I'd say 12-24 months is definitely plausible, as I've heard of people leaving in as little as 8 months. I don't think at that point it's for the money, it's more for the environment because most people don't have a lot of work experience coming out of college to know what type of work environment they'd like. Money isn't everything, and you have to enjoy life beyond your salary. Experience per unit time would really depend on the company, or if you're in a large company, the team you're working in. My last job was a medium sized company (~200) but my IT team was 7 people when all 5 of the interns came in. I got to do a ton of things that I probably wouldn't have done in a company with more bureaucracy, and that was at intern level.