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I had an old manager about 10 years ago that told me his advice is, rule of thumb, everyone should move after 2-2.5 years. 1 year is not enough, he would say,
by djKianoosh 13y ago
I had an old manager about 10 years ago that told me his advice is, rule of thumb, everyone should move after 2-2.5 years. 1 year is not enough, he would say, to really know the business/tech of a place to make a real big difference. After 2 years, if the work isn't interesting anymore and/or if you've already made an impact, it will take a while to make a big impact again.
Looking back (I've had stints of 4 yrs, 2 yrs, 6.5 yrs, .5 yrs, and 1yr) I have to say he was pretty much on the money.
- fecak 13y agoI even think 3-5 years can be a good duration if your company is doing interesting things and moving you around a bit. Multiple 2 year stints could start to scare some people, but I definitely feel that someone with five 2 year stints could very well be better off than someone with 10 years at the same place.
- djKianoosh 13y agoThat person with 10 years at the same place better not have been doing the same thing for half that time! :) that's my point. It could be that you were at Accenture or IBM 10 years. Fine. You probably had a great senior manager/associate partner that took care of you. Great. Most likely during that time you wore many hats, had several roles, etc. To me that's similar to someone working at 5 different companies in 10 years. Just need the details to confirm. But if that gal/guy is 10 years with only two different roles during that whole time. Yeah, I'd have to dig in deeper on that.