I'm a job hopper; similar situation to yourself, although I'm not feeling particularly great in my current position (couple of months). My plan is to continue j

I'm a job hopper; similar situation to yourself, although I'm not feeling particularly great in my current position (couple of months). My plan is to continue job hopping* and absorbing as much industry knowledge as I can until I get tired of it, possibly around ~40 (talking about 10 year plans) and then go to a large established company and spend the next decade hopefully rising to the top. I have three rules in no particular order: - I always let my manager know where I stand and when I decide to start looking for other options and if there is something that can be done about it or not; - I never leave in the middle of a delivery cycle or when things are rough for the team; - I'm always available for a reasonable period after I leave, in case I'm needed. The last company I worked for, C-level position for almost three years (that started as a 6-month consultancy gig) I let them know almost 6 months in advance that I will be stopping working for awhile and that we should work together on a strategy. They did business as usual for half a year, having secret meetings to hire a replacement (even though I offered to participate) and ultimately failed. Then they asked me to help them for 2 more months, and because it was a sabbatical break, I agreed to help. They ended up not paying me for those 2 months, basically blamed me for a bunch of unrelated stuff and then cut all contact (I feel this was all rather unnecessary). They later contacted me to help them, I did as it was an urgent problem and it took a short amount of time, then they just stopped saying anything again, but I'd help them again if they had an emergency and it wouldn't tax me. Why the long story? Well, I think those 'rules' are worth sticking to even if the other party turns out to be complete garbage and I think it's more important for you to reconcile with your 'job hopping' than to worry about what others might be thinking about it.