How long in one place?
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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.
During my 6+ years at one particular company they underwent seven "re-organizations" - which involved a change of manager, title and/or office - but basically the same job otherwise. I even ended up reporting to myself on a short-lived organization chart! In the modern offices we had the walls and doors were all movable metal panels off either side of a fixed central corridor - four floors in the building, all the same. One office move my desk didn't move, they just moved the wall from behind me to in front of me - and didn't understand when I wanted to rotate said desk 180 degrees!
- 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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I was at an interview at a medical services tracking company and had got on like a house on fire with my potential new manager and a few of the team members who were in on the interview. They just needed an extra two minutes for approval from a director before offering me the job. He walked in, glanced at my CV - with my impressive list of achievements at various companies - and asked why I couldn't keep a job for any length of time, said "we need dependable people here" and left without approving me. Everyone else in the room left apparently stunned, except the manager who walked me outside of the building, apologized to me and said that that director was originally from an insurance company and didn't understand IT people at all but had final say on everyone so they couldn't offer me the job even though I was by far the best of all the candidates. I thanked him and left ... and then heaved a huge sigh of relief! That had been close! I had been ready to take that job! Phew!
- 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...
Forogar wrote:
He walked in, glanced at my CV - with my impressive list of achievements at various companies - and asked why I couldn't keep a job for any length of time, said "we need dependable people here" and left without approving me.
Whehe, very recognizable; I usually start laughing at that point, it's hard to keep a straight face at that point.
Forogar wrote:
I had been ready to take that job! Phew!
That's often forgotten by the employer; the interview goes both ways, and if it doesn't feel "right", then no deal.
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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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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...
6 years at the last place was the longest, but previously worked 5 years as an employee then 6 more as a contractor for the same company. Does that really count as 11 years for the same company, especially since i contracted for other companies at the same time and ran my own business?
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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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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...
34 years 8 months 16 days (since June 12, 1978) With enough interesting work (and good people) to still be here!
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34 years 8 months 16 days (since June 12, 1978) With enough interesting work (and good people) to still be here!
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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...
Job #1: 6 months - start up company :( Job #2 11 years :confused: Job #3 6 months (division sold) :doh: Job #4 10 years + 11 months (layoff) :(( Job #5 18 years and counting :cool:
Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am
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I have been at my current job for 22 years, 4 months, and 13 days. When I started here, my development machine was a 12 MHz AT class box with 1MB of RAM running MS-DOS 5.
Software Zen:
delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
When I started here, my development machine was a 12 MHz AT class box with 1MB of RAM running MS-DOS 5.
One of the OS-es that came with a huge manual; you could not only kill flies with it, it was big enough to squat small rodents. Aah, I don't miss programming DBaseIV.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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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...
One job for 14.5 years, and another for almost 10. A 3-year job, some short contracts and 6 years at current place
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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...
20 months & this is also my 1st job...
Piyush K Singh
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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...
After I finished uni 3 years ago, got a job and been here since.
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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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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...
Forogar wrote:
Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now.
The average length of a penis is supposed to be six inches. The Mrs is glad I ignored that fact.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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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...
12 years, I've had 2 real jobs and the first one was 3 years and then I jumped ship when they decided to move from C++ & .NET to Java and Php. And no, I'm not trying to start an infected debate over platforms, just saying that I'm a C++ and .NET guy, not Java or PHP. :)
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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...
5 years at my current gig.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. [Chinese Proverb] Jonathan C Dickinson (C# Software Engineer)
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34 years 8 months 16 days (since June 12, 1978) With enough interesting work (and good people) to still be here!
You've got me beat by 11 years and some. You sir, are a geezer :-D !
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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...
15 years and counting ... :)
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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...
24 years at my current employer, and 21 years at my previous employer (although only 18 of those in IT)
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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...
Almost 11 years in my current position as a DoD software engineering consultant. Before that I was an Air Force communications officer for 11 years. It was one of those deals where I left as a military guy on a Friday and came back to sit in the same seat on Monday as a contractor. I am 43 and have never has to interview for a professional job... ;)