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After bootcamp, how long should you stay at your first “good” job?

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u/jcasimir wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

If you're growing and safe and getting paid, then I wouldn't leave until I had the next job offer signed. Historically I've seen alumni start to get more passive incoming job interest / recruiters when they hit 18 months in their first job. But in this market I've also seen folk

u/michaelnovati replied ·
+1 try to settle into the first job for AT LEAST 1 year, and try to get promoted as fast as possible (which is a whole other topic). And then start thinking about the next job. I'm seeing some bootcamp grads not make it a year, and that first job is really just the beginning and not the end of the bootcamp experience.