When is short tenure a red flag?
I&#x27;ve never held a job for more than 2 years.<p>I can come up with a reasonably convincing story for every individual Job about why I quit <i>that</i> one. But taken together, there&#x27;s no reasonable story that would convince a hiring manager.<p>It comes down to this: I hate being an employee. I want to work on my own projects on my own terms. This is the only way I can find work that is worth doing.<p>That said, the wording of the article is weird.<p>&gt; If your job is terrible, you can leave<p>As if you&#x27;re affirming an anxious person.<p>Listen, yes, you can leave, but you shoule know that there absolutely will be consequences for leaving too early.<p>Fewer employers will consider hiring you.<p>For one thing, I have relatives that got into the tech scene after me, but rack in much higher salaries than me. I&#x27;m not sure what it is, but probably staying in their jobs for more than two years helps.<p>If your goal in life is to find a stable employment, then you should absolutely not &quot;just leave&quot;.<p>For me, that was never my goal in life (and frankly I can&#x27;t understand people whose goal in life is that). So I had no qualms about leaving when I found that I lost the will to continue working the job.<p>That said, I still hesitated and took my time. I still cared about finishing whatever project it is I&#x27;m working on. I felt a sense of responsibility for the company, because they are paying me to do a job, and quitting half way through is just not the right thing to do.