[muzani]

2 or 3. I've left within 3 months with similar jobs. The longer you stay, the more it drags you down. It gets harder to interview because your confidence and energy levels have taken a beating.

If there's one advice I'd say to a younger version of myself, it's to get out faster. Most mistakes lead to building some strength later on, this isn't one of them.

The difference between quitting now and later is that being jobless puts time pressure on getting a new one, so you'll probably miss out on some less urgent companies that take months to interview, and you're more likely to take another bad deal. I think people are not quite picky enough about jobs; 90% of them are bad, same with 90% of the employee pool. So you need some room to go through the interview process and reject bad employers.

[edmcnulty101]

Any tips on identifying the better jobs through the interview process ?

The further get into my tech career Im finding out that alot of jobs are bad jobs.

[muzani]

I'd say filter out anyone who's disrespectful and distrustful.

You'll never do good work for a disrespectful employer, no matter how much they pay, and trying to do so will lead to burnout. This also includes self-respect, for certain roles bad for society.

Distrust is more controversial. The downside is it's wasteful and you get micromanaged. The upside is that once you get past enough red tape, everyone trusts each other because there's nothing to distrust.

It's subjective, but if you feel that way, you probably are. e.g. interviewers turning off the camera on om or asking for your pregnancy status.

The objective indicator is Glassdoor. I personally reject interviews for anything below a 3.5 star. They can be wrong like everything else, but the correlation has been strong.

[edmcnulty101]

Thanks for the guidance.