[jecxjo]

I once has the most honest interviewer ever ask me:

> Where do you see yourself in 3 to 5 years?

I gave my typical response of technical lead, driving projects from the engineering side of things. His response was interesting.

> What would you think about not working here after 5 years?

The way they were able to run their shop was to use turn over to their advantage. They were custom software/hardware company that basically used as contract workers to make the widgets a company either has no time to make or doesn't know how to make. Their business model was to have you work on the project to the point where the contractor decides to hire you on full time to support the thing you helped make.

It was an interesting idea but showed they had no concept of stability for anyone besides upper management. Opted not to work there.