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I've been job hopping my entire career. It is by far the most effective way to getting a giant bump in salary and benefits. If you're sitting out there at arou
by fmakunbound 5y ago
I've been job hopping my entire career. It is by far the most effective way to getting a giant bump in salary and benefits.
If you're sitting out there at around 1 or 2 years at the same place, definitely consider it. There is the risk you end up somewhere worse, but just hop again after a few months. Invariably you'll be asked about it in your next interview, but be honest and describe the last position as misrepresented to you and a waste of your skills and you'll be fine.
- syshum 5y agoI agree to a point but 1 - 2 years seems a bit fast depending on the job... Some jobs need about 1 year to learn the environment or job enough to even be effective. You should absolutely be changing roles every 2-4 years though either via internal promotion at a larger org, or changing to other organizations
- ghaff 5y agoJust to provide a counterpoint, my career in what would reasonably be considered "tech" (I worked elsewhere in an engineering job for a few years) has mostly been three stints of about 10 years each. Not a developer but in adjacent areas. And have done fine. Maybe haven't optimized but that's OK.
- dom96 5y agoI hear this from time to time. But does it apply universally to all companies, including FAANG's? If you are at a FAANG and can't move to another FAANG then is there any chance of getting even a bump in salary?
- iaw 5y agoYes but it's harder, I wouldn't say "universally to all companies" (e.g. wal-mart is always going to pay wal-mart wages to devs) but many smaller tech companies recognize they have to pay top wages to attract experience hires in a lot of fields.
- sgerenser 5y agoI’ve heard that WalMart actually pays devs pretty well, supposedly they’re serious about trying to compete with Amazon.
- fmakunbound 5y agoWhat makes a FAANG any different?
- dom96 5y agoThey pay far above average.