Ask HN: Three jobs in eight months...am I justified?
a. Laid off from job b. Started two businesses c. Got an interesting job offer and accepted it. One month later, I realized that I couldn't juggle all three things. Furthermore, my venture was doing fairly well d. Fast forward five months, and I'd poured tens of thousands into my two businesses and things had turned for the worse. e. I accepted the first job offer I had and moved to another state. f. Another company offered me a job one month into job two, and it seemed better, so I accepted. g. Have been at job three for one month. It's acceptable, even though they mis-characterized the work responsibilities and I don't think I'll get much out of this job. h. Have sent out my resume just to test the waters and have had some great responses.
For the future, I won't be putting the two one month stints on my resume. But if a company does a background check and finds the job hopping, how do I explain it?
So here is my justification for my behavior. I have a degenerative neurological disorder that impact my walking, stability, and will eventually leave me bed ridden. I have about 6 to 10 years until that happens. Due to these circumstances, I have little patience for staying at jobs that I don't feel are benefiting me or are as advertised. Look, I'm trying to cram a fourty year career into about fifteen years. If a company isn't delivering, I'm going to jump ship. So....am I justified? If I'm not justified, what can I do to counter-act my job hopping.
Also, before to these eight months, I've had two stints at companies for two + years. I'd also note that if I found a good company, I'd stay for as long as I'm able to