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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by s1artibartfast on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:55PM (#27566363)
In my experience, it is hard to tell the difference between someone who killed it at a job for 1 year and moved on from someone who couldn't hack it and moved on. Promotion at a company signifies that they were well received and able to adapt and meet milestones. Same job title in and out reads to me to believe that they couldn't hack it and were no goes development opportunity.

IMHO, a promotion before you leave confer s legitamacy to your tenure.

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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by HaNeThrowAway on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:27AM (#27570956)
What if there are no promotions to be had? My longest tenure at any one company was 8 years and I never got promoted because it was all remote and I was technically an independent contractor. No one got promoted.
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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by s1artibartfast on Sunday June 20, 2021 @08:38PM (#27575129)
I am not saying it is a perfect system, but that would a red flag for a full time employee.
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