[djb_hackernews]

The fear of job hopping is overrated in tech. Especially if you are leaving Uber, it'd actually make you look more attractive for actually having a backbone and a conscience.

In a period of about 3 years I went through 4 jobs. I never once was asked or told that my job hopping was a concern in any interviews (probably 50 all together) or offers.

Interestingly the only time I got push back on my "job hopping" Was when I left my first job that I was at for 3 years. I was being interviewed by my potential manager and one of his reports. As the interview was wrapping up the report piped up "How do we know you aren't just going to leave us in 3 years?"

The manager took control and smoothed that question over and I didn't have to answer it but it was an obvious power play and I'm glad someone else was in the room.

[x1798DE]

This may be true, but it's hard to get a sense of why you are or are not getting hired / getting interviews from the job-seeker's perspective, since you are not really privy to the decision-making process and can't really trust that the reasons given for them not hiring you are the real reasons (generally they don't owe you the truth and strategically it's often better not to say anything or to give some mundane reasons).

I've been involved in a small number of interview processes from the hiring perspective, and I've definitely seen some concern regarding job-hopping where it could easily make the difference on a marginal candidate. That said, this is only at one team in one company - and I was not involved in the initial resume screens (where people with a lot of job-hopping may have been eliminated entirely before I ever saw them). Probably would be best to get a broader perspective from people who have a lot more experience with hiring.

[djb_hackernews]

Indeed. I added my anecdote as a data point for arguments for being ready with a good explanation as to why you've left your previous employers.

Either they care and they don't call you, or they don't care and they don't ask.

In my experience the number of employers that don't care and don't ask are sufficiently large enough to not be concerned about the former employer type, especially for someone looking to get out of an uncomfortable employment situation.