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  • F Forogar

    Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

    - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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    Dave Kreskowiak
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    I've been at the current job for four and half years. This is the longest stint I've had anywhere.

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    • F Forogar

      Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

      - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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      Maximilien
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      12-ish years at current job. I'm 42 and have had 3 "real" jobs.

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        Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

        - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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        Richard Deeming
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        14 years at the last place.


        "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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        • F Forogar

          Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

          - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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          loctrice
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          2.5 years

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          • F Forogar

            Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

            - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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            David Crow
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            11y 9m at current job. 7y 9m at previous job. Shorter stints prior to that.

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            • F Forogar

              Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

              - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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              BobJanova
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              7 years ago I was only just coming out of uni, heh. I'm at 2½ years in this job which is longer than a lot of people manage in one place these days. I feel like settling in for a while, though.

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                12-ish years at current job. I'm 42 and have had 3 "real" jobs.

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                Nagy Vilmos
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                You missed out the word blow there.

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                • F Forogar

                  Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

                  - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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                  Nagy Vilmos
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                  Two 7+ years and the rest have been 1 or two years. I think if you break through two years, you will often stay for the long run.

                  Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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                    Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

                    - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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                    Colin Mullikin
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                    8 months. (Disclaimer: This is my first "real" job. I graduated from college last May.) I think my Dad (Mike, for those in The Lounge that know him) has been at the same place for close to 30 years (I think it might be 28). Roughly the first half of that was in a mechanical engineering capacity and not a software capacity. I don't remember the exact year he started as it was several years before I was born... :laugh:

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                      Two 7+ years and the rest have been 1 or two years. I think if you break through two years, you will often stay for the long run.

                      Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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                      Forogar
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                      I think if you break through two years, you will often stay for the long run.

                      You are right; when I look back I have done a 7+, a 6+, a 5+ and a 3+ (only cut short because of union pressure to stop using contractors). All others have been less than 2 years.

                      - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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                        You missed out the word blow there.

                        Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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                        Maximilien
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                        :sigh:

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                        • F Forogar

                          Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

                          - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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                          H Brydon
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                          31 and a half years for me (and holding; now retired). Not counting extracurricular work I do on the side.

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                            You missed out the word blow there.

                            Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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                            jeron1
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                            You've reminded me of a billboard that we recently had in our fair city. Said billboard.[^]

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                            • F Forogar

                              Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

                              - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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                              jeron1
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                              22 years in March, erm, tomorrow? yikes!.

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                                Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

                                - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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                                Dalek Dave
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                                16 years in the same office!

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                                • F Forogar

                                  Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

                                  - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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                                  Lost User
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                                  5 years, at my first employer. Averages out at 2.4 years per employer. Always enjoy the question "why did you have that many jobs" during an interview; as if a developer would work 40 years for the same employer :-D

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                                    You've reminded me of a billboard that we recently had in our fair city. Said billboard.[^]

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                                    Colin Mullikin
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                                    Good ol' Chicago, always classing up the place. :laugh:

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                                      Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

                                      - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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                                      Nemanja Trifunovic
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                                      Forogar wrote:

                                      I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

                                      Eh, define "one job". The longest time I spent without giving a resignation note was 7 years, but during that time the company was sold three times and I moved twice between different offices, so I am not sure you could call it the same job.

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                                        Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

                                        - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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                                        Simon_Whale
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                                        longest I have had is 5 years, but the current one is 3 1/2 years at the moment.

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                                          Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now. I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?

                                          - Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits. - Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most. - I vaguely remember having a good memory...

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                                          Chris Quinn
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                                          17 years under various guises - started as a government department, which was then privatised and bought out/merged twice more before I left.


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