Sounds exactly like something a fresh college grad would say. All brilliant people jump from company to company, all people who stay at one company are dull.

Sounds exactly like something a fresh college grad would say. All brilliant people jump from company to company, all people who stay at one company are dull. I say, if you're enjoying yourself at one company, learning a lot, and moving up, why not keep it up? Not to mention once you have a family / kids, me thinks you are much less likely to jump. "The main thing that had struck him so far was that people seemed to get dimmer the higher they went in the organisation. I asked if he had any explanation for this and he said it was self-selection. Really smart people don't stay at the institutions they have fought so hard to get into. The best leave within two or three years - the slightly less good stay a bit longer, and only the also-rans and the terminally unimaginative are in for the long haul." Also, I used to work in consulting firm, so by this definition, all of the partners are also-rans and terminally unimaginative - I'd say some partners fit this definition, but many others were bright-eyed, bushy tailed, and full of interesting ideas / perspectives.