Ive had 2 but i only in my twenties and in college so i think thats reasonable. Worked as a waiter and had an internship handling the shipping and disposal of nuclear material. Mostly did unsupervised demolition ans oporated a forklift without a license lmao.
Pretty chill tho, got to listen to the magnus archives and hit things with a sledge hammer. It was just a temp building made of shitty ass wood so the demo wasnt too dangerous
In 25 years of working I’ve had 13 jobs for 4 companies. Seems like a lot, but most of the changes were just moving into related jobs paying incrementally better money, with the support of my manager.
I’m 32 and I’m on my tenth job in just under three years. I’d consider that a lot but I’m quite fickle when my job conditions are shit so it depends how you look at it.
10 jobs in 3 years? That over 3 jobs a year. I’m not saying you should stay in a job with bad conditions, but I’m not sure how you could look at it where that isn’t a ton of job in a short amount of time.
large is a relative term. Assuming they started working part time at 16, If i reviewed a person who had 10 jobs by the time they were 25 that would be a red flag. If they have 10 jobs by 35 that would be less of a red flag.
You wouldn’t be including irrelevant professional history in the CV. I have had many jobs, but my last four are relevant to what I do now and are over a decade. Anything before that, no one would care or would be insignificant in time and skillset/experience.
It depends how you want to count them. Does self-employed (artist), self-employed (IT consulant) & self-employed (tree surgeon) count ad one or three? Especially since all of those overlapped to some extent. And do promotions count?
However, looking at long-term, full-time roles only, then about 5 - most of which involved at least one internal promotion. Probably closer to 15 if you include all the odds and ends. I’m in my 50s and will probably be staying put now until I retire.
My brothers - quite a bit older than me - had one job (including promotions) in one case and two in the other.
It is about dealing with damaged or diseased trees mostly, or just reducing the tops to make them safe and so on.
I spent my time climbing trees then hanging from them on ropes while playing with chainsaws. Very enjoyable and satisfying work, but extremely physical.
11 - 5 were summer/college jobs when I was a kid, and I’ve had a couple of promotions, so I’ve only had 4 employers/6 jobs in the last 18 years since my first “real” job. I’ve stayed at most of my employers way longer than a lot of people my age (39), though, so I think it would be reasonable to have had more. It might’ve been better for my salary to have more. I just really, really hate job hunting and I’ve been fortunate to mostly enjoy what I do.
For younger people, I don’t see job hopping as being super problematic, though I know a lot of people in charge of hiring do. If you’ve hit 30 and haven’t managed at least a couple years at one place, that’s probably not a good sign, but people should try different stuff (and get more money). We spend too much time at work to be miserable.
10 I think. 11 if a different job in the same company counts.
But in the beginning there was a lot of hit&miss before I actually ended up with what I consider a “proper job”, which skewes the total in a positive direction. A proper career started in 2008 for me, and while I have changed employer a few times, I’m mostly doing the same thing - IT in industries and places people normally don’t associate with IT. I’ve held four positions like this, two of them in the same company. I’m jumping ship this summer to do pretty much exactly the same but for a different employer and more money.
Right now I’m at 8 different jobs in 5 different companies. I switched jobs inside one (totally different job profiles). 4 of those jobs were during school and university time.
10 of them were from when I was a kid through college, and then 4 in my professional career. I’m entering my 40s and have been at my current job for 8+ years now.
Anytime someone moves to a new job at a quicker pace than once every four years sounds a bit much to me. Not in a disapproving way of course. I’ve had many odds and ends but only one true career, though this in turn can be split into a few roles which I have taken. As often as I explain it, all parts of the career, old and new, are difficult to explain, though they can be discussed.
contract work is much less - I had a 6 week gig once
startups may not last - I worked for a couple software startups that were funded for one year
in the beginning of your career, you really need to move on after 2-3 years, if you want career progression. Most of your career, you need to demonstrate stability, so yeah, 4+. However, at least for software, new employers get worried if you e been at the same pla pace a decade or more
What do they get worried about? Someone might like their exact position, no? Or do I misunderstand?
But yeah, that’s where I tried to differentiate gigs from careers. Gigs are one-time favors, sidequests if you will. When I call something a career, I refer to an indefinite mainstay. And in-between gigs and careers you might get something like my described line of work where it’s akin to a club or association taking on a labor role. If it’s a career, and the person isn’t there for more than four years, a part of me half-expects there was a falling out.
I don’t know if this is specific to software, where technology is constantly changing but companies do not. If you’ve been in the same job too long, they start questioning whether you’ve been able to keep up with technology or can adapt to a new environment
12, but it’s complicated. I was a freelancer for a long time, count that as one job, but I had dozens of customers. I quit one place and went back, and 2 employers have been acquired while I worked there, count all those as one each. Not counting summer or part times while in school. This is all over the span of 44 years, so I’m a little quicker than your 4 years on average. The shortest one was a little less than a year; it was a mistake to take the job in the first place.
IMO, switching jobs is the biggest, maybe the only, leverage a worker has vs an employer. If you don’t have a credible alternative to your job, they know that, and know they can victimize you.
