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I have had pretty short tenure for most of my career up to now. The reasons for this are pretty much your questions turned around: 1. Am I allowed to write mai
by donkeyd 4y ago
I have had pretty short tenure for most of my career up to now. The reasons for this are pretty much your questions turned around:
1. Am I allowed to write maintainable code, or just have to push features?
2. Will the organization invest in me, coach me and allow me to grow into roles with more purpose and hopefully financial reward?
If companies treat me like a piece of meat, in stead of a human who's trying to build a career, I get out. And often it takes a while for the truth to appear. I always hope to find a place where I feel good enough to work for 5 or 10 years, but up to now no employer has treated me well enough to stick around that long.
- thewarrior 4y agoI have a rule of thumb for job hopping - If it’s your Nth job in your career you can job hop after N years at that job. In your first year you can hop after a year. Then you stay for 2 years at the next , 3 years at the next and so on. Staying at a shitty job at the beginning of your career is a terrible idea. But only having short stints in the later half of your career is also a bad idea.
- donkeyd 4y agoIf I ever feel that I need to go by some rule of thumb like that, I'll just go back to working for a government institution. No stress, solid paycheck and impossible to get fired. For now, I'm still trying to enjoy what I'm doing and will switch when I'm not.