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Being biased towards quitting your job is a great heuristic. Even if the boss is o.k., if you have any non-trivial reservations at all it's generally best to qu

Being biased towards quitting your job is a great heuristic. Even if the boss is o.k., if you have any non-trivial reservations at all it's generally best to quit as quickly as possible. Probably the same for breakups. Very few people regret doing that, the most common regret is staying too long due to inertia, loyalty or whatever. I've quit 3 jobs and each time I wished that I had quit earlier, and all 3 times have been great for my career in the long-run. If you were a good performer, you can probably just go back to same the job later if you change your mind as well, and if they don't want you back because they're being immature, then it's probably to your benefit not to return.

marcod 6y ago
http://www.redstrategygroup.com/insights/2016/2/26/why-zappos-offers-new-hires-2000-to-quit http://www.redstrategygroup.com/insights/2016/2/26/why-zappo...
commandlinefan 6y ago
> Very few people regret doing that Hmmm... well, I won't say that I necessarily regret it, but I was a bit trigger-happy in job-hopping right after college. It was the late 90's and programming jobs were REALLY easy to find, so if there was literally anything I didn't like about the job I had, I'd just go get another one. I ended up with four jobs in four years - and then when I decided to bail the fourth time, interviewers started noticing that I'd never been at one place longer than a year. I adopted a three-year policy after that - I'd keep a job for a minimum of three years before looking for another one. Even so, this actually came up during an interview (for a job I didn't get) just a few years ago even though it was 20 years in the past.
- toast0 6y ago
  If you don't want 20 year old stuff coming up in interviews, make your resume section title Recent Experience or Relevant Experience, and leave off old stuff. Leave off the date you got your degree as well.
  - mandelbrotwurst 6y ago
    Yeah, you likely should do this even if you unconcerned about this as otherwise your resume won’t be nearly as concise or effective as it should be.
mmmmmbop 6y ago
> it's generally best to quit as quickly as possible. Probably the same for breakups. Very few people regret doing that I'm not sure that's true. It's pretty common to have people regret initiating breakups. I have certainly experienced being very unsure if breaking up had been the right choice.
- hntrader 6y ago
  There is some gender-specific variation regarding breakup regret, which I found to be curious: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy79yy/men-tend-to-struggle-with-breakup-regret-more-than-women https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy79yy/men-tend-to-struggle-...

marcod 6y ago

http://www.redstrategygroup.com/insights/2016/2/26/why-zappos-offers-new-hires-2000-to-quit http://www.redstrategygroup.com/insights/2016/2/26/why-zappo...

commandlinefan 6y ago

> Very few people regret doing that Hmmm... well, I won't say that I necessarily regret it, but I was a bit trigger-happy in job-hopping right after college. It was the late 90's and programming jobs were REALLY easy to find, so if there was literally anything I didn't like about the job I had, I'd just go get another one. I ended up with four jobs in four years - and then when I decided to bail the fourth time, interviewers started noticing that I'd never been at one place longer than a year. I adopted a three-year policy after that - I'd keep a job for a minimum of three years before looking for another one. Even so, this actually came up during an interview (for a job I didn't get) just a few years ago even though it was 20 years in the past.

toast0 6y ago
If you don't want 20 year old stuff coming up in interviews, make your resume section title Recent Experience or Relevant Experience, and leave off old stuff. Leave off the date you got your degree as well.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y ago
  Yeah, you likely should do this even if you unconcerned about this as otherwise your resume won’t be nearly as concise or effective as it should be.

mmmmmbop 6y ago

> it's generally best to quit as quickly as possible. Probably the same for breakups. Very few people regret doing that I'm not sure that's true. It's pretty common to have people regret initiating breakups. I have certainly experienced being very unsure if breaking up had been the right choice.

hntrader 6y ago
There is some gender-specific variation regarding breakup regret, which I found to be curious: https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy79yy/men-tend-to-struggle-with-breakup-regret-more-than-women https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy79yy/men-tend-to-struggle-...