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It's very likely. 2 years seems to be standard, and I'm moving jobs after 1.5 next week. 20% raise for very similar work, there's no reason not to move.
I was recently told I was "long" with the company for moving after a bit under 2 years (I'm leaving 31st July, I joined on 15th september). I can't help but think that it's pathological to consider that "long" :/
Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career?
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This kind of feeling isn't really helpful to anyone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindsight_bias It's better to stay in the present moment: What should you be doing now, to be/stay fulfilled? Your best successes are likely to be random, very hard to foresee and not what you expected at first, anyway.
When thinking about this, I always come back to the scene in "The Office" with Michael's Golden Ticket idea. Long story short; Michael loses the company a bunch of money on a foolish marketing scheme, and gets Dwight to take the fall. David Wallace drives down to presumptively fire Dwight. Instead, when Wallace shows up, he gushes that Dwight is a genius because it appears that although the marketing campaign has cos…
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I mean, that’s cool, but you haven’t actually adressed the problem, which is that I’ll spend 3 months training you, only to have you quit after 9 more. That’s not really a good investment
If he's getting hired, it's obviously good enough.
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As someone who has a number of short stints on his resume, I usually go with, "There's a big difference between ten years of experience, and one year of experience repeated ten times. I have experience with a wide variety of frameworks and architectures. I've done real work in both front-end and back-end codebases. I've worked in Windows environments and Linux environments. I've even done some DBA work. I can bring k…
That doesn't answer the question at all. You were asked "how do I know you won't leave in a short time frame?" and you answered the completely different question "what benefit (to you) have you got from having lots of jobs?". If anything, it suggests you view leaving companies after a short time as a positive thing you'd want to do again. By the way, I don't agree that if a company would like employees that tend to s…
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#496You should be using arch linux with i3wm.
I'd honestly punch you in the face right now, if only I could. This person is opening up about their problems and their fears and you have the nerve to come and post this dumb shit of a joke. I'd be ashamed of myself if I were you.
We've had to warn you about breaking the site guidelines many times in the past, and you unfortunately have a history of being an asshole to other users on HN. I appreciate your technical comments and don't want to ban you, but given how many times we've warned you and what you've sunk to in this post, I don't see what choice we have.
I've banned this account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
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I'd honestly punch you in the face right now, if only I could. This person is opening up about their problems and their fears and you have the nerve to come and post this dumb shit of a joke. I'd be ashamed of myself if I were you.
You can't do this here, regardless of how bad another comment is or you feel it is. We've had to warn you about breaking the site guidelines many times in the past, and you unfortunately have a history of being an asshole to other users on HN. I appreciate your technical comments and don't want to ban you, but given how many times we've warned you and what you've sunk to in this post, I don't see what choice we have.…
It's not clear to me if I'm banned or not though.
edit: I have emailed hn@ycombinator.com
Re: Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career?
#498Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can't do this here, regardless of how bad another comment is or you feel it is. We've had to warn you about breaking the site guidelines many times in the past, and you unfortunately have a history of being an asshole to other users on HN. I appreciate your technical comments and don't want to ban you, but given how many times we've warned you and what you've sunk to in this post, I don't see what choice we have.…
Sorry I got carried away. It's not clear to me if I'm banned or not though. edit: I have emailed hn@ycombinator.com
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Sorry I got carried away. It's not clear to me if I'm banned or not though. edit: I have emailed hn@ycombinator.com
You're banned (see last paragraph in my comment) but we'd be happy to unban you if you'll commit to following the HN guidelines in the future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Can I be unbanned?
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You're banned (see last paragraph in my comment) but we'd be happy to unban you if you'll commit to following the HN guidelines in the future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
I have reviewed the guidelines and I commit to follow them. Can I be unbanned?