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I’ve had a few 1.5 to 2 year stints and I get asked about it all the time. Certainly there are employers that don’t want to see that, though I’m sort of at a crossroads after 6 years in tech where I’ve realized part of the itch to move was less about money and a general dissatisfaction with a traditional 9-5, so I’ve since moved on from it and working on my own projects at the moment.

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You get asked about those? I've had a bunch of 1 years (or less) stints plus a 1 year sabbatical and I don't think I ever got asked about them, even though I expected I would.

Depends on the market. 1 year stints in SV don't even register on the radar but in some European countries it could be a red flag.

I've interviewed many candidates in SV and many of them have strings of 6-18 month stints on their LinkedIn. It's extremely common; I'd almost even say it's the norm.

Before SV I lived in Denver and any job tenure less than 2 years was a huge red flag, and even less than 3 would raise an eye brow.

Hiring manager in Denver here. I see an increasing number of people with repeated jobs where they only work 9mo-1year. Talking to peers I’m definitely not the only person skipping over those candidates. It takes months to get a dev up to full productivity, I don’t want to hire someone who will likely only put a few useful months in before leaving.

Market, and point in the career.

If you've got 15-20 years of experience and you've never stayed somewhere more than 12-18 months, it's a very different scenario than someone with 5-6 years, even in SV.

A 1.5 to 2 year stints seem totally fair to me. A number of 6-month stints would raise questions from me, personally. I still wouldn't rule out such a candidate, but would proceed with caution.

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