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by dukeyukey 34 days ago
Europe is not a monolith. Lots of short stints is not unusual in London.
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At startups? Sure. Several stints at non-startups? Well, how much of that time was spent learning the domain? Is that knowledge transferrable (probably not because of non-competition clause)? Why were you not happy at the previous employer?

I am not saying any of these don't have valid answers. What I am saying is that we would prefer juniors that are commited and do the hard work when the work gets hard. And, at least where I work now, this gets recognized, and they become seniors in time.

London has not been part of Europe for a decade now. They locked themselves out in a bout of insanity
Moscow, Belgrade, the Vatican, and yes, London, are all part of Europe. They just aren't part of the EU.
Europe and the European Union are not the same thing. The UK is definitely European.
Indeed it used to be the norm since basically everyone worth hiring was a contractor prior to the IR35 debacle.