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This has to be the worse piece of advice I’ve read in a long time and I read r/cscareerquestions.

If you stay at a job you love one of two things will happen.

- you will get cost of living wages while people doing your same job will come in and get market wages.

- you will “love” your job and your job won’t reciprocate and you will find yourself unable to find a new one because you haven’t kept your network strong, your resume up to date, or your skillset current and you will be crying “ageism” while people who have done all of the above won’t have the same issue.

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> This has to be the worse piece of advice....

I agree.

The attitudes at the top of the pyramid are such that they require those at the bottom to be the docile, nice guy who adheres to the golden rule, morality and humility while those at the top are continually improving their ruthlessness in competition with their peers.

im not talking about situations where you love your job and your job "does not love you back". Im talking about situations where its mutual. in those very rare situations you stay and dont move around because:

- you do get your salary bumped every year with consistent raises - you get promoted and grow along with the company.

Its rare but it happens. when it happens you stick with the company and build something great.

I bet the people at IBM thought the love was mutual too....

Its hard to find these days a decent company that is run properly and that really cares for its employees.

i just finished a cycle of interviews and hiring managers viewed long stay at a company as a definite positive. They in fact disliked job hoppers (every 2-3 years new job) as it damages companies in the long run according to them.

If the companies want people to stay they can have compensation policies that base raises on a combination of market rates and the extra value they add to the company. The company is just as interested in maximizing their profits as the employee is in maximizing their income.

Both parties need to understand that employment is purely transactional. It’s that way for all companies. Netflix was honest about it. The famous presentation that “we are like a professional sports team not a family.”

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