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What is acceptable I wonder. So far I've done it every 2 years. Not really on purpose, I just get tired of my role and look for something new.

• commandlinefan 4y ago
  > What is acceptable Anecdotally, I changed jobs four times in four years right after I graduated college - same reason. Got bored, looked for something new. This was the late 90's, when it was really easy to find something new. I didn't think much of it at the time, but I hit a soft limit after job change #4 - all of a sudden, after having gotten bored and looking for something new, every interviewer started saying, "you've changed jobs four times in four years... why would I want to hire you if you'll be gone in a year?" I've slowed my roll quite a bit since then and made a point of hanging in there for at least three years, usually longer.
• freetime2 4y ago
  If there’s a shortage of good candidates, and you interview reasonably well, I don’t think there’s a limit. We recently made an offer to a candidate who had about 7 different positions in 10 years (lots of startups), but was great in the interview, only to lose out to Google whose offer was unbelievably higher.
  • calvinmorrison 4y ago
    My experience with those people (and being one of them), is they push as far as they reasonably can within a year or two and then move to something else. There's something about people who stay at companies for a long time (not denigrating it at all) that I don't have. At some point I say, I have reached my natural conclusion here and will now do something else.
• eastbound 4y ago
  2 years is exactly the time I expect for employees, as a founder, especially if it’s their first job. Anything above is a godsend, but it limits the employee’s skill variety, so it must be duly compensated.
• ZephyrBlu 4y ago
  What does "every 2 years" mean when you're a junior? Once? Staying at a company longer can help build particular skills like leadership and working in an organization. They are less relevant at junior-mid, but become increasing important at senior+.
  • ge96 4y ago
    It's funny I had a senior title before but I screwed up my tech interview at current job (was interviewing for level 2). I can't really be choosy in my situation and this was the first offer I got after looking/doing interview process with 3 companies in a month. Anyway I ended up getting a level 1 position but it still paid more than previous so I was like alright. The thing with the two years is I still haven't found my lifelong calling, it could be in robotics but I don't have the academic background for it, so it might be something I work on, on the side until it can become its own company.
• nunez 4y ago
  honestly it really depends on who is hiring you some hiring managers are really conservative and want people with some longevity most, however, won't care as long as the reasons for you leaving make sense