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More Than Two Years at a Company Is Bad for Your Career

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Hahahaha.....it felt good till I finished the article and just below it was the description of company writing this. So easy to fool people into read something.

Content Marketing...is what is called?

Anyways, it makes no sense to stay in a job where you can't learn and improve your value. It's not about sucess, its about your value.

pshyco, totally agree! It is content marketing, but it's also what I actually believe and based on my own personal experiences (I wrote it).

"Here's a resume that looks good, nice experience, exactly what we want. However... they've worked at 4 different companies in the last 7 years. I guess we can assume we'll be interviewing again in 18-24 months."

A totally valid concern, but I've been at 4 companies in the past 4 years and it hasn't given me any problems :)

> Changing jobs every year or two has some distinct benefits.

The company that wrote this depends on churn.

Recruiting and onboarding can be expensive. If you accumulate a history of changing jobs, employers have to wonder whether the ROI on you is worth it.

Disclosure: I don't work in SV. Maybe the article is spot on for that environment, but I'd be surprised.

Tailspin is a tech job marketplace, so you're right that it would benefit from churn in the market. The market has plenty of churn, though.

I agree some of the facts but not the conclusion. The article looks bias and smells like an advertise pieces when I reach the bottom.

steve371, it's definitely an opinion piece (by me). My goal is to share a synthesis of my experience, and also promote my startup, Tailspin.

I've been at my current company for 4 years, however I'm on my 3rd completely different position and in my current one I've grown into a different role than when I started it. My salary is over 150% than when I started

It's not about time in company as long as you're constantly growing and expanding your knowledge

jghn, that's a really good point! It's awesome that you've had the opportunity to keep evolving your role at your company.

I'll admit it's not something open to everyone in every situation. Otoh I've made some of my own luck as they say, so it is a bit of both sides.

One thing I'm not sure about is when I do eventually move on how to represent it on a resume as some places would value the longevity and some will be the opposite. If I had to do it now i think I'd do a hybrid, one block making it clear that there were multiple things in there, particularly highlighting the upward mobility. But there's no sure thing with resumes, no matter what you do someone will sing it

Then why do companies want me to write them loyalty letters saying I will work for them for a long time?

strathmeyer, that's a good question. I've never heard of that practice...

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