When the job market was absolutely crazy 2.5-3years ago, I remember being bombarded with LinkedIn posts from SWE ‘influencers’ saying that if you want to get a real raise, you have to job hop! Tired of getting a 4% bump at the end of year? Switch jobs again!
It’s great advice… until you switch to a job that you dread daily because it’s not even a true SWE role, or switch to a job with a crazy CEO, or switch to a job with a horrible micro-manager constantly checking in, or switch to a startup that goes under, etc.
If the market changes during this time, like it has since 2022 and jobs are much harder to come by, you have now put yourself at a severe disadvantage. When companies are hiring now and being much more strategic with their money allocated to hiring a SWE, why would they even consider someone with consecutive stints at companies that lasted under 12-18 months? On top of that, you won’t get any solid references from the people at those companies either because you most likely weren’t able to contribute (and see through completely) anything major in that time period.
It’s just something to consider as you progress in your career, and I don’t think it gets talked about enough.
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r/cscareerquestions When the job market was absolutely crazy 2.5-3years ago, I remember being bombarded with LinkedIn posts from SWE ‘influencers’ saying that if you want to get a real raise, you have to job hop! Tired of getting a 4% bump at the end of year? Switch jobs again! It’s great advice… until you switch to a job that you dread daily because it’s not even a true SWE role, or switch to a job with a crazy CEO, or switch to a job with a horrible micro-manager constantly checking in, or switch to a startup that goes under, etc. If the market changes during this time, like it has since 2022 and jobs are much harder to come by, you have now put yourself at a severe disadvantage. When companies are hiring now and being much more strategic with their money allocated to hiring a SWE, why would they even consider someone with consecutive stints at companies that lasted under 12-18 months? On top of that, you won’t get any solid references from the people at those companies either because you most likely weren’t able to contribute (and see through completely) anything major in that time period. It’s just something to consider as you progress in your career, and I don’t think it gets talked about enough. submitted by /u/justHere2TalkAbtWork [link] [comments]
When the job market was absolutely crazy 2.5-3years ago, I remember being bombarded with LinkedIn posts from SWE ‘influencers’ saying that if you want to get a real raise, you have to job hop! Tired of getting a 4% bump at the end of year? Switch jobs again!
It’s great advice… until you switch to a job that you dread daily because it’s not even a true SWE role, or switch to a job with a crazy CEO, or switch to a job with a horrible micro-manager constantly checking in, or switch to a startup that goes under, etc.
If the market changes during this time, like it has since 2022 and jobs are much harder to come by, you have now put yourself at a severe disadvantage. When companies are hiring now and being much more strategic with their money allocated to hiring a SWE, why would they even consider someone with consecutive stints at companies that lasted under 12-18 months? On top of that, you won’t get any solid references from the people at those companies either because you most likely weren’t able to contribute (and see through completely) anything major in that time period.
It’s just something to consider as you progress in your career, and I don’t think it gets talked about enough.
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