[PragmaticPulp]

Job hopping is mostly for people trying to move up to better companies, not just better titles.

If you’re being paid 180K out of college and your company regularly promotes with 33% raises then you’re already at a top company that gives proper raises. You don’t need to job hop unless you want to try a different company.

[sneak]

Salaries are remarkably sticky, and many companies have protocols around raises (that is, percentage caps) that aren't always connected to the wider market.

I think if one is looking to maximize lifetime revenue (as an employee), then switching regularly probably makes sense. In any case, you should be interviewing regularly and soliciting offers, even if you only use them at your existing job to ensure your raises are in sync with the wider market.

[mixmastamyk]

Out of school is not the time for job-hopping anyway, if you've already got a good job. It is the time for learning everything you can, for, I'd ballpark at about three years.