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For me, it's the fact that roughly 1 year seems to be the average cutoff point for how long I can tolerate doing something that feels meaningless to me and othe
by davesque 4y ago
For me, it's the fact that roughly 1 year seems to be the average cutoff point for how long I can tolerate doing something that feels meaningless to me and otherwise doesn't bring me any financial advantage that would allow me to duck out of the game altogether.
- gumby 4y agoPerhaps you're choosing the wrong jobs, as suggested by the article?
- microtherion 4y agoHave you considered the possibility that with a 1-2 year time horizon, you're more or less setting yourself up for exactly the series of meaningless jobs with limited financial upside that you're seeing as the reason for your time horizon?
- devoutsalsa 4y agoNo one leaves a job that’s interesting & lucrative. How many companies make it a priority to make jobs interesting & lucrative? Very few.
- BurningFrog 4y agoBut you expect the next job to be just as meaningless. So changing does nothing to address your stated problem.
- jlokier 4y agoVariety is good regardless. It's refreshing. Variety also tends to bring financial advantage, increased skills and exposure to new knowledge, a larger personal network in the same time, and if most (but not all) jobs are unsatisfying, variety gives you more chances to eventually find one that's the exception worth staying with.