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It really depends. In my experience, after about 2 years in a specific role you will start to develop expertise in your specific organization and tech stack rat
by 121789 4y ago
It really depends. In my experience, after about 2 years in a specific role you will start to develop expertise in your specific organization and tech stack rather than generalist capabilities. There are good reasons to stay after that (you love the team, could work in the domain forever, getting tons of growth opportunities/raises etc.), but you should understand the tradeoff. You may be trading off learning how to be an effective worker in general vs. learning how to be an effective worker in your specific organization and you may be making significant financial sacrifices vs. people that switch jobs.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoAs long as you'll be staying young, forever, you're sorted, bouncing around. I have been around long enough to watch others that have bounced around, suddenly hit the "Boomer Wall," where they get ghosted by recruiters. It's very sudden, and quite jarring. Absolutely terrifying. I hit it, but it wasn't the same shock as others have felt, because I hadn't been job-hopping. Make sure to save a nest egg, folks. I did, and that's why I'm in a fairly enviable position (if you count surviving being treated as radioactive by tech recruiters as "enviable").