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/michaelnovatireplied·
+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.
u/dowcet wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
The only correct answer is that you stay until you have an offer worth leaving for. It doesn't really matter that much if it's 6 months or six years. I'm always keeping an eye on the market, but not applying very actively if I'm still growing and have a good internal path.
u/michaelnovatireplied·
If you work at a tech company with stock, there's normally a one year cliff on vesting and leaving before then is supicious.
I have a friend that left under a year and gave up what is today worth $10 million of stock.
So if you are leaving a good company under a year, you need to be ready to explain why to the next company.