Frequent Company Switching

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Hi Everyone,

I am a 4 years experienced software engineer ( 2 years in a startup and 2 years in a big software consultancy firm ). I decided to switch to a new startup and now I am working there for 3 months as startups have more challenging work. But, the startup I joined has poor leadership and it is not respecting its customer's first place ( poor customer reviews). All these factors affected me and I am planning to make a switch. I am worried that whether this frequent company switching will affect my career growth ?. Need your suggestions, please

19g615kz36t60q · Accepted Answer

Life's too short to work for a bad employer where you're not happy. Future employer won't care about this as long as you're able to provide them logical reasoning why you left. Best of luck

trescomas · Answer

Consensus seems to be that most employers won't really care, go for it! See https://www.levels.fyi/community/thread/kcrq32/thoughts-on-job-hopping

Taylor · Answer

Everyones had a short stint or two or five. Most companies don't care at this point. Once in a while you get a manager who cares frankly if you can pass the hiring the bar they probably wont care that much.

19g615kz2ag94r · Answer

Leaving at 2 years is pretty standard at this point. The 3 month one is short, but as long as you don't have 2-3 super short term back to back, you should be fine imo. Most companies wouldn't care (though recruiter will likely ask)

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