How long in one place?

[ian dennis 0]

One job for 14.5 years, and another for almost 10. A 3-year job, some short contracts and 6 years at current place

[piyush_singh]

20 months & this is also my 1st job...

Piyush K Singh

[Nikola Breznjak]

After I finished uni 3 years ago, got a job and been here since.

[dazfuller]

5 years in my last job, and just passed the 5 year mark with my current employer

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines

[Mark_Wallace]

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!

[Jaggernaut]

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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[Jonathan C Dickinson]

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)

[Gary Wheeler]

You've got me beat by 11 years and some. You sir, are a geezer :-D !

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[Jonas Hammarberg]

15 years and counting ... :)

[Cliff Cooley]

24 years at my current employer, and 21 years at my previous employer (although only 18 of those in IT)

[PSU Steve]

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... ;)

[Stephen Dycus]

10 months and counting, though this is my first programming job. ^^

[avasilescu]

Ha! Never taught that the numbers of years on the same job may tell somthing. In fact, it tells a lot, mostly about work ethics. I have worked 4 + 4 + 8 + 2+ on the same job. One thing I have to remark, you are in demand as long as you perform well at the benefit of others, just that. However, I drove the projects from one end to the other, long projects and with many ups and downs. I could resist just because in my mind, software developer is not just work, it means performance exactly as in sport. For me, quitting for whatever reason is not an option as long as I did not finished the project. I do not know what my life will become if I fail a project.

[ChronicCoder]

33 years this June...

[JMBeyer]

23 years at this company and counting...

[ClockMeister]

Forogar wrote:

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?

I'm approaching 14 years (next month) at this one. -CB

[agolddog]

Just short of twelve years, but it was my first job out of college. Also, I'm old enough to be on the tail of the older generation's notion that you got a job, worked your 30 years, got the gold watch, and retired. So, at that time, I was too naive to realize when it began to suck (or maybe it always sucked and I was just figuring it out) that I should've left at least two years earlier. Since then, my longest is about nine years a few jobs ago, but that was really a good organization til the end, and I got out pretty rapidly when it deteriorated. Pretty much outside of that it's been a couple of years at a stint, then time to try something different. So, there's a lesson for you less-experienced folks out there: when it starts to suck (i.e., you hate getting out of bed and going to work in the morning), don't feel as if you're obligated or you should try and "stick it out". It's time to move on.

[Wartickler]

Se7en years.

[BrainiacV]

17 years. Before that, 3-4 years at any place, some only a year. I can't believe I was there that long. I laughed when I started because they gave me a retirement date. I only stayed for the job security and high pay. They really didn't challenge me, I saved the good stuff for after work. They weren't interested in what could be done, only what they wanted done. But just as I was getting resigned to reaching the retirement date in three more years, they dissolved the department. At least the severance pay (a paycheck for every year there) gave me time to study and find another job. It was the first time in I don't know how long, that I had time to read some programming books cover to cover instead of just doing quick study in only the sections that were necessary.

Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.

[Tiklu]

And you all are into software jobs??? :omg:

Tiklu