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Halifax does it still. All the same bank really ;)

You have made the assumption that everyone who uses strong passwords can remember them in their head :-)

Or people will just pick short passwords so its easier to count along the chars in their head. Again, not a thing we really want to encourage.

So your advice is buy stock? ;). Might make you some money but not sure how it will help them earn more as a developer :)

Nonsense. I probably make more than my line managers line manager as a developer.

If you love being a developer/programmer stick with it. You will love what you do and will eventually earn more.

In case you really don't want to become a contractor and want to stay perm I recommend changing job every 2 years or so. Staying in the same job and getting small pay increases (or even a promotion) will always be less than leaving and going to a new job, which will pay more. Most people make more money by switching ladders rather than trying to climb the ladder.

Become a contractor. When I was a perm I made awful money. Now as a contractor I make £10,000 - £14000 a month (assuming I work a full month :-)).

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"What's the HN community's view of a reasonable amount of time at an employer?" ... If your a contractor, 6 months or more.

"lots of short stints employment" - what do you consider short?

Agreed, I often tell more junior developers the only point to the CV is to get you the interview.

"Multiple pages" point, definitely agree. Ive been a software dev for over 20 years and my CV is two pages of A4 and I dont expect most people to even read page 2 (hint: most wont).

This is because they want to easily remove some personal details you may have put on the CV, like your email, mobile number etc. before they send it over to the company and they usually dont have a app that can edit PDFs.

> Do we allow a bunch of 6'5" mega-geniuses with blonde hair, blue eyes, and all the right genotypes to take over society?

Better than a 6'2" idiot with a ginger toupee thats already taken over a society.