[area51org]

We didn't think of it as job-hopping, but yeah, staying at a job for about a year was not uncommon. The thinking was: demand is high, so if you aren't eventually recruited out and you really can't find anything better, maybe there's something wrong with you.

Yeah, that line of thinking can be bogus. I ended up staying at a startup for quite a while, and occasionally had to defend myself for not bailing out even after a couple years. Saying, "Stock options" and winking usually quieted down the critics. There are reasons (even beyond stock options, LOL) for staying at a job for more than just a little while.

BTW a lot of what others have said here (pay raises came from getting new jobs, employers saw long stints at a company as a potential warning sign that you aren't really very good) does ring true.

[williamcotton]

Employers viewing long stints as a negative have literally zero managerial accounting knowledge and are at best useless.