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Ask HN: Should I change jobs?

3 points by vs2370 ↗ HN
I am in some kind of a situation. Here is my career profile so far 3 years at a big tech firm 1 year in fintech 2 years in ecommerce currently in an internet company

As you can see I have moved quite a lot of jobs. A lot of people have started suggesting me against it now. But every time I had a decent enough reason. I now have a chance to up my pay by 25% and title by 2 up at a well know financial firm.. should i do it? how often switching jobs is too bad?

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shawndumas
Is this your real account? And if so does anyone at your current employer know it as yours?
bradleyjg
I'd say the increase in pay and title outweighs any negative resume effect from too many jobs. If you are jumping around a lot because you are a rocketship that's a far different story than if you are jumping around a lot because you don't fit in anywhere.

That said: since you were in fintech you may well be aware of this, but programmers at financial firms don't exactly have the same status or workplace conditions as programmers in software driven companies. If you don't know exactly what I mean, shake your network and find someone in the industry to have a frank discussion with.

Good luck.

Nemant
"up your title by 2" means nothing at all. 25% pay is a good enough reason, BUT! Do you currently enjoy your job/team/manager? If the answer is a definite yes, then stay. 25% is not worth the risk of going to a crappier team.

What you want to do is become a better software engineer, the title & money will come by itself.

conqrr
Please explain 'nothing at all'? I am a junior engineer who left a place recently where I couldve upped my title for better pay and work retaining my title.
allennicol
I think negative resume effect from too many jobs.Resume format should good enough to get high salary job.So you should more care about your resume while making .You are jumping around a lot because you don't fit in anywhere.So you must want to become an software engineer ,you should make correct decision for getting a good job. Custom essay writing service ( http://www.essayguardian.com/ ) helps for giving detailed information and get guidelines for making a resume.You must follow that service then your life will go smoothly and effectively.
zhte415
3 jobs in 6 years isn't huge volatility. Depends on the market you're in. As long as you have clearly thought-out plans for your next stop, you can clearly tackle any question about stability when in an interview.