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  • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

    .. since you were 18 to when you were 30 (or so far if your age < 30) The average I have heard is around 8. I was reading a book which said that people who change at least 8 jobs by the time they are 30 have more growth in career. How true is it? BTW I have changed only 3 jobs.

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    BC3Tech
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    am 27, have changed jobs twice (3 full-time jobs since 18) and i got told that i need to stay in one place longer. :wtf:

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    • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

      .. since you were 18 to when you were 30 (or so far if your age < 30) The average I have heard is around 8. I was reading a book which said that people who change at least 8 jobs by the time they are 30 have more growth in career. How true is it? BTW I have changed only 3 jobs.

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      Michael Haines
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      I changed jobs 5 times between the ages of 18-30, but around the 8th change, at age 35, I had the most significant increase in growth.

      You are here - through no fault of mine!

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      • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

        .. since you were 18 to when you were 30 (or so far if your age < 30) The average I have heard is around 8. I was reading a book which said that people who change at least 8 jobs by the time they are 30 have more growth in career. How true is it? BTW I have changed only 3 jobs.

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        Edgar Prieto
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        Five and they were completely different each time ...

        Edgar Prieto Software Engineer

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        • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

          .. since you were 18 to when you were 30 (or so far if your age < 30) The average I have heard is around 8. I was reading a book which said that people who change at least 8 jobs by the time they are 30 have more growth in career. How true is it? BTW I have changed only 3 jobs.

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          JDL EPM
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          2 Worked for Siemens in Munich until I met my wife. Moved to the UK. Worked at the same place since then. (I'm now 61...) Now, as for changing employers, that's a whole different kettle of fish. We've been bought and sold so many times, I'm not sure who I'm working for now! :laugh:

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          • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

            .. since you were 18 to when you were 30 (or so far if your age < 30) The average I have heard is around 8. I was reading a book which said that people who change at least 8 jobs by the time they are 30 have more growth in career. How true is it? BTW I have changed only 3 jobs.

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            Battlehammer
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            Changed jobs three times (4 jobs) between 18 and 30 plus two temp jobs. Changed another two more time since 30 and I am now 49. This includes two career changes and a relocation between 18 and 49. I sure hope I'm done!

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            • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

              .. since you were 18 to when you were 30 (or so far if your age < 30) The average I have heard is around 8. I was reading a book which said that people who change at least 8 jobs by the time they are 30 have more growth in career. How true is it? BTW I have changed only 3 jobs.

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              I was a graduate student, then post-doctoral research associate. So - I was gainfully unemployed (in standard terms) until age 30. Just so you have a bit of info: First Job: ca. 9 months Second Job: ca. 11 years Attempt at home business: 1 year full time Third Job: 9 years Last five years: Contractor Obviously - being unstable and being a stable employee don't seem to have much to do with one another.

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              • L Lost User

                Nothing that dramatic :) I live with my parents.

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                Henry Minute
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                harold aptroot wrote:

                I live with my parents.

                Ah, so it's: Bank. Shotgun. Mask Mums Tights. The rest is easy.

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                • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                  .. since you were 18 to when you were 30 (or so far if your age < 30) The average I have heard is around 8. I was reading a book which said that people who change at least 8 jobs by the time they are 30 have more growth in career. How true is it? BTW I have changed only 3 jobs.

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                  jeffwask
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                  18-33 = 7 jobs

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                  • R Rama Krishna Vavilala

                    .. since you were 18 to when you were 30 (or so far if your age < 30) The average I have heard is around 8. I was reading a book which said that people who change at least 8 jobs by the time they are 30 have more growth in career. How true is it? BTW I have changed only 3 jobs.

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                    soaplady
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                    I had six different jobs between 18 and 30. I've had 11 others after 30.

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                    • L LenaBr

                      Way back in the 70's Bell canada changed their policies to have a tech stream and a management steeam for careers. They realized they were losing their best technical people to mediocre at best management positions just because of salary. So technical people could earn a lot more then their managers. I still left for more interesting jobs - legacy code from the 50's was boring May I never see a line of assembler again and 3 jobs by the time I was 30

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                      Sinisa Hajnal
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                      I'm 32 and I changed jobs two times (three jobs total) all as sw developer. First one was part time learning gig, other two full time.

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