Episode 28: How Long Should I Stay At My Job and How Do I Help Junior Developers Improve

In episode 28, Jamison and Dave answer these questions:

How long should I stay before I quit my job?

• Two to three years seems fairly normal.

• Dave sees people with less than 12 months regularly.

• Staying at a job means you experience things you wouldn’t if you hopped around a lot.

• It is much easier to see the hype cycle • play out if you stick around.

• You get to see the outcome of your own decisions.

• Quitting usually == raise.

• Chronic job hopping might • result in a reputation of not sticking with things.

• Dave thinks you should quit your first job after 18 months because of the Monty Hall problem

How do you encourage junior developers to improve?

• We assume that these junior developers really want to improve.

• Make it clear that people get stuck and struggle, and that is normal.

• Make it clear that you don’t want them to get too • stuck.

• Make it OK to ask questions.

People generally live up or down to your expectations • , so help them feel trusted and that you expect they will be great.

• Make the outcome of their work clear.

Release date

Lydbog: 26. september 2016