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I don't understand it. It takes months to get even minimally productive and years to decades to grok your code base. You would think that companies would be dying to retain programmers and blacklisting anyone who leaves any company in less than five years.

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Blacklisting sounds extreme.

Wouldn’t we also need to blacklist a company that loses a programmer before the five year mark?

You are right that blacklisting is too strong of a word. It would be enough to just look at early leaving like a resume gap. It won't stop you, but you will be asked about it. Have enough to show a pattern and you are essentially out.

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