When is short tenure a red flag?
I'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'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>> If your job is terrible, you can leave<p>As if you'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'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 "just leave".<p>For me, that was never my goal in life (and frankly I can'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'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.