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Makes sense. Tell me about some of the short ones. What do wish you'd known before accepting? What was different about the 5+ yr gigs?
Beyond the obvious 3 (toxic people, false promises, value system misalignment), here are 3 signals that made me leave quickly (stack ranked): #1 Your boss doesn't inspire you _every day_: I don't mean this metaphorically. In the first year, almost every day you must be like "holy molly, I am so lucky to be working with this person. I'm gonna learn so much from him/her/them." #2: You are the smartest person in your te…
A minor quibble (in a very good comment) from experience re #3: if you’re considering a more mature company, you can be biased favorably by long-standing reputation while not being able to see that, internally, the end of the road is coming up quickly.