The longer you continue with your job hopping the more likely your next job will be short-term. There are 2 different career paths, both valid, both with their

The longer you continue with your job hopping the more likely your next job will be short-term. There are 2 different career paths, both valid, both with their pros and cons. With short-term positions you will be "hired gun", where they hire you to contribute on a particular project and will likely view you as expendable when budgets are cut or shifted to other priorities. This is not necessarily bad though, if you keep getting good references companies will continue to hire you knowing that you will deliver. Plus getting a raise is way easier when moving from company to company vs getting 1.5% annual raise. Plus prospective employers know that you've been to number of companies and can provide outsider's prospective on a number of subjects. Whereas when you stay employed at the same company you learn all the nooks and crannies and will likely be either promoted to management position (if you wish to do so so) or get other benefits (longer vacation, higher bonus, more freedom in determining your schedule, projects, who you work with, etc etc). At the same time, if the employer does decide to lay you off, finding another job will be difficult since you don't have much experience in job hunting, and much of your experience is with the same company (not necessarily applicable to other companies). So at some point in your career you will have to choose a path and stick to it.