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Change jobs. No one stays at the same place for 4 years these days.

• muzani 4y ago
  I rarely feel excited to code after taking a new job, but it works for some people. I think it's because new jobs end up with a massive context change, plus having to deal with all the onboarding, so it's about 2 weeks to actually start. Sometimes even months to get used to the new codebase.
• tjr 4y ago
  No one stays at the same place for 4 years these days. Why is that, do you think? And is it a good thing?
  • p1esk 4y ago
    Because doing the same shit gets boring after a year or two, and it's easy to get a big raise by switching companies. Feels normal because everyone does it. Majority of my coworkers at my last 5 companies (various startups) lasted two years on average.
    • swatcoder 4y ago
      People do change jobs frequently, but yours isn’t a very good sample. Startup hopping has its own dynamics, where people sign up to catch the next orbital launch and then move on when they haven’t been seeing engines firing strongly enough. In more mature companies, which do still turn over way faster than they used to, the dynamics are more traditional (pay/title/resume/perks/culture).
      • p1esk 4y ago
        To me startup or not does not make any difference. The pay is good (265k, working remotely, far away from the volley), the environment is relaxed (I work realistically ~20 hours a week including meetings), and I don't care about the exit (I assume my shares are worth zero). Yeah, I could be making 600k at FAANG, but I'd have to move back to CA, and honestly, I'm quite satisfied with what I have. And yet I will probably leave for something new within a year. There are a lot of well funded startups working on interesting things, and my skills are in high demand.