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> I've been in software professionally for over 20 years and in that time I have only left 1 employer before 5+ years You've had a somewhat traditional career
by swiftcoder 6d ago
> I've been in software professionally for over 20 years and in that time I have only left 1 employer before 5+ years
You've had a somewhat traditional career there by HN standards. Most of Silicon Valley was promo-hopping ever 1-2 years for the whole middle period of your career (somewhat curtailed now by the job market). It was really popular to FAANG -> startup for 6 months -> FAANG-1-level-up for a good chunk of the 2010s
- scruple 6d agoSure, but I went through startups, too. I just hung on for dear life and the people above me were willing to hear about issues with culture and work on it. Only the last 4 years of my career have been at a FAANG.