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What was your longest tenure ever? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 9 months ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/cs_career_questions@programming.dev

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Asking because I'm currently in a pretty happy position. Work is chill, colleagues are nice, full remote, pay is quite good. I've been here for one year and a half, and I could see myself staying here almost long term. My practice lead has been here for more then 10 years, he still seems pretty happy.

I know that goes against the usual consensus of moving every 3-5 years, so I wanted to see what you think about this.

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[–] canpolat@programming.dev 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The longest I worked for a company is around 6-7 years.

As long as you get the opportunities to develop your skills in the areas you want (so that they are still relevant in the job market) and there is a good team around you, it doesn't make sense to change jobs just to change jobs. It's generally difficult to get a meaningful salary increase without a job change and that's the main reason most people are looking for new jobs, I think.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago

Thank you for your input!