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People born between the years of 1957 and 1965 had an average of 11.3 jobs between 1978 and 2010 Lightweights! I've had 88 jobs since 1972. Once a recruiter t
by edw519 11y ago
People born between the years of 1957 and 1965 had an average of 11.3 jobs between 1978 and 2010
Lightweights! I've had 88 jobs since 1972.
Once a recruiter told me that everything on my resume was excellent except how often I switched jobs. How could that be?
I told her that was because as soon as anyone gave me undue shit, I quit.
No regrets. On many of them, I probably exercised too much patience and should have left a lot sooner.
(You get one life to live. If it's not the life you want because of your job, do something about it. Time flies.)
- xacaxulu 11y agoYou're resume would only be a problem if the company was looking for good little worker bees who don't ask questions and who will take shit all day long and ask for more. It's almost the perfect filtering mechanism for crap companies hahah.
- dummy7953 11y agoWhat's problematic is that the more jumping you do to avoid dumb workplaces, the greater the possibility that only dumb workplaces will be desperate to hire you. It's a no-win situation. Unless, of course, you can do a better job of evaluating a job before you take it. But people need to pay rent, and heck yeah, companies straight-up lie about the jobs they offer. Perhaps it's time for hiring companies to consider that even though employees are discouraged from saying negative things about a former employer, that sometimes yeah, that former employer was a jerk royale.
- arca_vorago 11y agoThis is the same attitude I take. I have worked in many industries, and have participated in a few startups, but the bottom line is I don't put up with crap. I spent too much time in the Corps where I was basically a slave to ever function like that again (the civilian equivalent would be a salary job that underpays but expects you to work 60-80 hours a week without OT because you are "exempt"). Sometimes I felt bad for leaving, because I know whoever would be replacing me couldn't do as good a job, but it's just business (the business of my life). One of the things that is good about this is that I have gotten a few vacations in between jobs I wouldn't have otherwise, not to mention the vast array of experiences that have really helped me have a bigger picture understanding of sysadmin'ing.
- PopeOfNope 11y agoDamn, 88 jobs in 43 years. Your average time at a job is 6 months. I'm feeling both a little better and a little worse at my 18 month average.
- edw519 11y agoMy average may have been skewed by one job that lasted 90 minutes. It was so fucked up there, I took my break and never went back.
- crpatino 11y agoWould you care to share a bit more on how you pulled that off? I am not asking in bad faith but everything I know says that you should have become unemployable after the first 7-10 years of doing that. Even assuming you quit (and conveniently left out of your resume) 2 jobs during the first few weeks for every one you stayed longer than a year, your job history would come as a major red flag in most places I have worked at. Of course, you have been building your career for longer than I have been alive, so there's stuff I obviously ignore.
- edw519 11y agoWould you care to share a bit more on how you pulled that off? Pretty simple, actually: 1. Do the right thing, even if it's not popular. 2. Tell the truth. 3. Be nice. Most importantly: 4. Be the best you can be. (You'll probably end up better than anyone else.) I have never been unemployable because I have always added much more value than I've taken. Maybe I got this way because I never put up with too much shit.
- crpatino 11y agoOk, thanks a lot. Like many things in life, it is not rocket science, but it requires other skills like courage and perseverance. :) I gave a visit to your ebook. Nice stuff. congrats!