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Taking six months or a year off and then jumping back into the work force was a lot different in (early) 2008 than it is now.

Edit: Tim Ferriss said (in 2007) that employers will be impressed and amazed if you tell them that you took a year off to travel. In 2016, I don't think you would get a chance to tell them about it.

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I did it in 2015, didn't have any trouble coming back and getting a job last October. Definitely a lot of people sounded amazed and impressed during interviews.

That's great to hear. I've heard that many companies will just toss your resume if you've been out of work for a year or more.

Well, I was only out of work eight months so I can't say for sure that people don't cut off at 'a year'. But based on the reactions I got, I'd be quite surprised if that was a standard practice. I can imagine it being more likely if being out of work was 'I lost my job and couldn't find another one' instead of 'I quit my job to do x instead for a while'.

You think the time off would be more frowned upon today?

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