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It seems like a pretty common trope for short tenure advocates to talk in terms of me-vs-them. In reality, the world is vast, companies and work arrangements va
by lhorie 4y ago
It seems like a pretty common trope for short tenure advocates to talk in terms of me-vs-them. In reality, the world is vast, companies and work arrangements vary a lot and and even if you're shortlisted as having "red flags" by some, others will still take you in.
At least when I see candidates worried about how short stints will look on their resume, this much context suffices to be said.
Where it gets weird is when you see people on r/cscareerquestions or whatever advocating for a series of short tenure stints as a "hack" to get into high pay positions quickly. The problem is that anyone that has success with this strategy is a living example of survivorship bias, and the seemingly "easy-ness" of the strategy gets a lot of mind space among young highly impressionable audiences, when in reality, if you want to be career-growth focused, you typically do need at least some long tenure stints to gain experience w/ longer term responsibilities and relationships. I.e. you don't see director-level people advocating for quick job hopping for a reason.
- PragmaticPulp 4y ago> Where it gets weird is when you see people on r/cscareerquestions or whatever advocating for a series of short tenure stints as a "hack" to get into high pay positions quickly. The problem is that anyone that has success with this strategy is a living example of survivorship bias I also check /r/cscareerquestions from time to time. It has a strong "blind leading the blind" vibe lately, wherein inexperienced people are just echoing things back and forth to each other. A lot of the advice tends to be what people want to hear, not what actually mirrors reality. The hiring boom over the past few years has also severely skewed the results. A lot of the junior devs who recently entered the industry know nothing other than the crazy hiring boom times of 2020 to early 2022. They preach about how easy it is to find a job, but their only real data point was a single job search experience during a very anomalous time.
- yourapostasy 4y ago> ...advocating for a series of short tenure stints as a "hack" to get into high pay positions quickly. I see these job hoppers coming from a mile away. The worst part is the rampant "what is absolute least, gaming min-maxing I can get away with to nab my metrics" mindset they rampantly infuse some of their co-workers with. One way to counter them is to meticulously observe and record accomplishments of everyone and toot everyone's horn to management. This drowns out the Short-Timer Sam's key strategy of success bombing management and they either see the light and stop their shortcuts rampancy (never seen it happen, but I'm sure miracles are out there) or leave because they don't nab the promotion they're angling for by their internal deadline before they head for the next job.