Staying somewhere too long is just as bad as job hopping. I've also seen a lot of developers who stayed in their job for a long period of time and were not very

Staying somewhere too long is just as bad as job hopping. I've also seen a lot of developers who stayed in their job for a long period of time and were not very good at it, while the "job hoppers" were at the top of their game. One of the biggest challenges is that the interview process does not give an employee or an employer a good signal on if the relationship will be mutually beneficial and a good fit for both people. I've also seen a lot of companies that will present the environment etc. one way during the interview only to find that things are much different once you get into the day to day. Also, the followup article adds some more nuance to this here. https://jacobian.org/2022/oct/20/tenure-and-seniority/ https://jacobian.org/2022/oct/20/tenure-and-seniority/