Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career?

Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by forbiddenvoid on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:10PM (#27566788)

Frankly speaking you really shouldn't be hiring anyone with the expectation that they'll be in their role more than a year or two. Ideally, you're working with them to move into a position with more responsibility and then you need to backfill their position anyway. What does it matter if their next role is with you or somewhere else?

It's a lot to ask for every company to have a role available for every employee when they're ready for more responsibility, and expecting them to just hang around waiting for their chance is pretty naive, I think.

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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by Copernicron on Sunday June 20, 2021 @11:39AM (#27571086)

I'm seeing this with my current employer. I'm helping out the hiring manager with interviews and technical assessment. He's trying to target people who will stay with the company for 8-10 years. It's ridiculous. (Almost) no one does that. Especially when you can make a whole lot more by changing jobs regularly.

Personally, I don't care about working on cool technology. I care about getting paid. I can't afford to buy an absurdly overpriced house without getting paid.

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Re:Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career? by barrkel on Sunday June 20, 2021 @04:56AM (#27568320)

Most of the other people we hired back then lasted 5+ years if they lasted one.

This chap had about 10 jobs on his resume, 6 to 18 months in each, on average less than a year.

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