Re:Ask HN: Why is it easier to get a raise with a new job?
by potta_coffee on Thursday January 31, 2019 @03:14PM
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How often can you do this without it being a problem? I'm trying to make it past a year at current job, it definitely requires discipline to see it through. I don't want to be a job hopper but there are always shiny new opportunities.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is it easier to get a raise with a new job?
by beagle3 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @03:37PM
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When the economy is good, less than 1 year at a job seems excessive hopping.
When the economy is worse and employers can choose, even 3 years look like "job hopping individual, will jump ship as soon as economy turns around and he can get $1 more somewhere else".
Just decide if you optimize for comfort or money, and make sure you have a few months buffer for the bad times.
Re:Ask HN: Why is it easier to get a raise with a new job?
by potta_coffee on Friday February 01, 2019 @11:38AM
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I don't really hop, but I don't have a great track record because one job wasn't a good fit, then I freelanced / contracted for a while, etc, then landed at another job that wasn't what they promised it would be in the interview, etc.