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Ask HN: Is changing my job too much frowned upon?

I've had six professional experiences, of which two were internships. I've spent between 7 and 12 months in each. Even though I believe there were good reasons for leaving each one of them, people and HR may not care about it, or at least they won't see it at first.

I've had an insane, racist and homophobic boss in one, and I had to deal with psychological harassment in another. Then, I went abroad and had to come back to my country after a year. After that, I got a new job. It had an amazing culture and it was one of the best places to work, but I discovered hated consulting, so I had to leave.

Nowadays, I am in an amazing company, but things are going south for months already, and I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I don't believe that the product we're building is really going to save the world as the CEO promises, and I often disagree with the business and product decisions. Also, the whole team they had before mine left the company in less than one week because they couldn't take it anymore.

At this point, I just feel like I am giving up and not fighting enough. I love the software engineering world and I have no will to leave it. Now I am a Software Engineer and SRE looking for opportunities in which I work in what I truly believe: open source, communities, solving complex issues, innovating and sharing knowledge.

I'd love to read your opinions about this. I am also taking any good articles about this subject.

3 points wdym 4 years ago 2 comments

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