[HN Gopher] Ask HN: In the 90s, Did Programmers Job-Hop Frequently?
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       Ask HN: In the 90s, Did Programmers Job-Hop Frequently?
        
       I've only been out of college for a few years, but my engineering
       friends who stay at a company for at least 4 years seem more the
       exception than norm. Was it like this in the pre-Linkedin-
       recruiter-spam and pre-Glassdoor-interview-question days?
        
       Author : kvathupo
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2024-03-06 22:45 UTC (15 minutes ago)
        
       | JohnFen wrote:
       | I sure did, as did most of the devs I worked with. For two
       | reasons: first, that the only time you'd get a pay raise is by
       | changing jobs and second, because lots of employers considered
       | more than 5 years or so at any given job to be a yellow flag
       | (because it's a potential indication that your skills aren't
       | staying up to date.)
       | 
       | Even now, I rarely stay at a given job for more than 5 years or
       | so. But that's mostly because I get bored and want to do
       | something new -- and because my skills get stale and I want to
       | use new ones.
        
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