Is it a psychological problem if someone gets bored at every job in 6 months? Some are obvious reasons like bad boss or bad fit. But what about the boredom of going to the same environment? The environment in tech is more or less the same. People with masks saying all politically correct things. Almost like robots/zombies. How to survive and not kill yourself to make a living?
Many people don’t know how to make continued impact in the same role and taking things from 60-80, 80-90 and 90-100 is very different much slower than going 0-60. Most serial job hoppers I’ve met struggle with feedback, struggle with their peers and manager and struggle to work on mature products.
There's not always the opportunity to make an impact in a role
Most I know just got better offers with significant raises. Makes it hard to say no if the place down the street will pay you an extra 10k per month to do the same job :/
May be adhd ?
Also some people just aren't cut out for the white collar, on the computer most of the day life. Some people are more extroverted and need more from their job. They need a buzz/excitement/energy. There's lots of jobs out there so find one that will make you happy.
How much did you really expect to love your job? Most people don’t wake up every single morning saying, oh wow I’m excited for a full day of engaging and meaningful work. If you can only make it 6 months you’ve basically just come in and ramped, you really haven’t even contributed much. Part of your issue may be that you’re not really working towards doing something meaningful, you’re just working towards basic proficiency in an environment. If you can’t seem to make it anywhere more than that it’s probably you. Or you just aren’t suited to the career path.
Society skewing this way. People used to stay with the same partner and work in a factory 40 years until they retired and died. Now people can’t commit to things anymore, probably a broader society thing than just careers
Ive joined 3 companies full time with initial plans at staying long term. The first one paid shit and was so stressful that I developed severe health problems and went completely bald in less than a year. The health issues I had went away a month after quitting. At the other 2, the CEOs blew through our funding on stupid shit and had to let everyone go. The second one raised 250m a few months before I joined and had a small headcount, and it was gone a year later. Other than these jobs, I worked a bunch of short term contracts. Id prefer to stay somewhere long enough to grow and make an impact but so far I just haven't had the opportunity.
Through recruitment agenciss. I used to live in Charlotte NC and at the time, almost every tech job in the city was a contract position. The full-time positions paid significantly less, and the benefits weren't much better than the recruitment agencies provided, and comp packages rarely included bonus or equity. The pay varies a lot. If you can find a contract without going through an agency, you can make 50-100% more than what agencies list the role at. The last one I worked has a 120/hr billable rate and half my team was hired directly at thay rate. The first one I had in 2017 had a 90/hr billable rate and the agency paid me 40/hr. The manager wouldnt hire anyone without an agency, and pay ranged from 30-60/hr on the team all with the same billable rate. I was just offered one for 93/hr, which probably has a 140-160/hr billable rate.
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The bad boss argument only goes so far. "If someone is an asshole, they're an asshole, if everyone is an asshole, you're the asshole"