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Ask HN: Can't stay at a company for more than an year.

9 points by init0 14y ago

The job gets bored, i quit find a new, same from past 3 years! Help me.

symbion 14y ago
What are you into ? What kind of gig did you do ?
- init0 14y ago
  Software Development.
OafTobark 14y ago
Keep exploring new jobs. Or do something you actually enjoy.
- init0 14y ago
  I do have a technical blog where I blog about code and stuff I really enjoy, but at work it's so freaking.
rajesh171289 14y ago
May be you are looking for something that would challenge your skills.
- init0 14y ago
  Yes! Don't like to work on the same $hit for long time.
thifm 14y ago
I've changed jobs 4 times this year, same shit. Also, a new grad. I learn fucking fast, so after some months in the job I know everything and it gets fucking boring and I start to get depressed :-(
- init0 14y ago
  You their sir, I see me in you!
stevejalim 14y ago
Why not go freelance? Or - a bit better - take medium-term contracts? That way you get to dive into things long enough to enjoy them, learn something new and (just as importantly, IMO) contribute something meaningful to the company you're at, then you move on as part of the agreed plan. While that is effectively what you've been doing for the past three years, it'll come with a different mindset that might mean you're happier. (I'm assuming "help me" means you're not happy). For me, that's certainly one factor in why I prefer being an independent dev - but at the same time, I also get to enjoy working on good projects with great people for a run of time. (Of course, being independent is for everyone, and has downsides, too)
- init0 14y ago
  Thanks, I'm not happy, first few days would be a good feeling and later on....doh! As a hooby I do work on freesoftware and contribute a lot via github. Being independent is indeed the best thing to happen, but as you said it has it's own downside.
  - stevejalim 14y ago
    Well, if it helps you work out if being freelance is right for you, please accept a copy of https://leanpub.com/freelancedeveloperbook https://leanpub.com/freelancedeveloperbook for free. Use the coupon MERRYCHRISTMAS at the checkout to get it for $0. (The coupon runs out after five uses, in case other HNers get there before you.)
    - stevejalim 14y ago
      Three uses gone already - is one of them, you @ init0 ? If not, hit me up directly and I'll email you a code - details in my profile
      - init0 14y ago
        Thanks a ton! "Thank you for sending the gift with Leanpub! We have sent an email to the lucky recipient of your gift. You can see your gift on the Gifts tab." Still waiting for the mail. Edit : Thanks for the Christmas gift! :)
kombinatorics 14y ago
If you continue this trend, you are going to look like a ticking bomb to employers. They will assume you will leave within a year, and thus not hire you. Of course, unless you are a development god.
- ja27 14y ago
  I expect to see people change jobs often early in their careers. But once they've been in the business for a few years, changing jobs or projects that often is a bad sign. It's not just the fear that they'll leave quickly, but it's a sign that they possibly can't get along with anyone or aren't competent. It also means that they've never been on a project long enough to experience the results of their decisions on architecture, coding, etc.
  - init0 14y ago
    How does one even survive if it gets very boring to do what you have been doing.
- init0 14y ago
  True! Is it Adult ADHD I wonder :D
acesubido 14y ago
You have to start analyzing, what is it that you really want out of your career? Mastery of a development stack? Creating a start-up company? Project Manager? Set a goal, start with the end in mind and from there you can dedicate your steps towards that. When you keep jumping jobs, it means you haven't figured out what you want to dedicate yourself to because you easily get distracted by 'new and interesting' things. Truthfully, when anyone is really passionate about their job, they never see it as 'work', they naturally tend to stick to it for the next 3 or more years of their life - and those people are the ones who tend to naturally create "interesting" things (ex: 10gen, 37signals, Redis, NodeJS etc.)
- init0 14y ago
  Thank you for the advice! I'm confident about my coding skills and have done few interesting freesoftwares that people have appreciated, but not really like those you have mentioned, the thing is I don't feel people whom I work with are up to the mark and that make me feel low and all people target me and wait to bring me down at times....this makes me feel sick! I'm capable of being all those which you have said, but still not sure which :(

9 points by init0 14y ago

The job gets bored, i quit find a new, same from past 3 years! Help me.

symbion 14y ago

What are you into ? What kind of gig did you do ?

init0 14y ago
Software Development.

OafTobark 14y ago

Keep exploring new jobs. Or do something you actually enjoy.

init0 14y ago
I do have a technical blog where I blog about code and stuff I really enjoy, but at work it's so freaking.

rajesh171289 14y ago

May be you are looking for something that would challenge your skills.

init0 14y ago
Yes! Don't like to work on the same $hit for long time.

thifm 14y ago

I've changed jobs 4 times this year, same shit. Also, a new grad. I learn fucking fast, so after some months in the job I know everything and it gets fucking boring and I start to get depressed :-(

init0 14y ago
You their sir, I see me in you!

stevejalim 14y ago

Why not go freelance? Or - a bit better - take medium-term contracts? That way you get to dive into things long enough to enjoy them, learn something new and (just as importantly, IMO) contribute something meaningful to the company you're at, then you move on as part of the agreed plan. While that is effectively what you've been doing for the past three years, it'll come with a different mindset that might mean you're happier. (I'm assuming "help me" means you're not happy). For me, that's certainly one factor in why I prefer being an independent dev - but at the same time, I also get to enjoy working on good projects with great people for a run of time. (Of course, being independent is for everyone, and has downsides, too)

init0 14y ago
Thanks, I'm not happy, first few days would be a good feeling and later on....doh! As a hooby I do work on freesoftware and contribute a lot via github. Being independent is indeed the best thing to happen, but as you said it has it's own downside.
- stevejalim 14y ago
  Well, if it helps you work out if being freelance is right for you, please accept a copy of https://leanpub.com/freelancedeveloperbook https://leanpub.com/freelancedeveloperbook for free. Use the coupon MERRYCHRISTMAS at the checkout to get it for $0. (The coupon runs out after five uses, in case other HNers get there before you.)
  - stevejalim 14y ago
    Three uses gone already - is one of them, you @ init0 ? If not, hit me up directly and I'll email you a code - details in my profile
    - init0 14y ago
      Thanks a ton! "Thank you for sending the gift with Leanpub! We have sent an email to the lucky recipient of your gift. You can see your gift on the Gifts tab." Still waiting for the mail. Edit : Thanks for the Christmas gift! :)

kombinatorics 14y ago

If you continue this trend, you are going to look like a ticking bomb to employers. They will assume you will leave within a year, and thus not hire you. Of course, unless you are a development god.

ja27 14y ago
I expect to see people change jobs often early in their careers. But once they've been in the business for a few years, changing jobs or projects that often is a bad sign. It's not just the fear that they'll leave quickly, but it's a sign that they possibly can't get along with anyone or aren't competent. It also means that they've never been on a project long enough to experience the results of their decisions on architecture, coding, etc.
- init0 14y ago
  How does one even survive if it gets very boring to do what you have been doing.
init0 14y ago
True! Is it Adult ADHD I wonder :D

acesubido 14y ago

You have to start analyzing, what is it that you really want out of your career? Mastery of a development stack? Creating a start-up company? Project Manager? Set a goal, start with the end in mind and from there you can dedicate your steps towards that. When you keep jumping jobs, it means you haven't figured out what you want to dedicate yourself to because you easily get distracted by 'new and interesting' things. Truthfully, when anyone is really passionate about their job, they never see it as 'work', they naturally tend to stick to it for the next 3 or more years of their life - and those people are the ones who tend to naturally create "interesting" things (ex: 10gen, 37signals, Redis, NodeJS etc.)

init0 14y ago
Thank you for the advice! I'm confident about my coding skills and have done few interesting freesoftwares that people have appreciated, but not really like those you have mentioned, the thing is I don't feel people whom I work with are up to the mark and that make me feel low and all people target me and wait to bring me down at times....this makes me feel sick! I'm capable of being all those which you have said, but still not sure which :(