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Originally Posted by ogplife
At what point does working at a job give you enough experience to work in your favor for a new job. 1 year? 2 years? 3 years? Second question. At what point does being at a particular job lose momentum? For example I'm pretty sure it wouldn't make a major difference to most if if they were interviewing someone with 10 years versus 20 years of experience doing the same job.
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It depends on the industry and job. I work in tech, and someone who spent 10 years at the same corp is very rare. The reality is that if you spent 5+ years somewhere and didn't move up considerably your skills are probably dated, unless you have been working for an industry leader.
For me the sweet spot is somewhere between 2 years and 5 years. Less than 2 years and you probably didn't have time to really have a big impact, and more than 5 you are probably falling behind the curve.
However in my business jobs sometimes last less than 6 months, so really the only red flag is a pattern of short-term tenures over a few years.
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