When should you leave a company?

Question

I&rsquo;ve been working at a big tech company (first job out of college) for the past year and so and I&rsquo;ve been considering changing jobs for several reasons I won&rsquo;t get into but one of them being that I feel I could be learning so much more in a startup.My concern with this is I don&rsquo;t want to become the person that jumps from company to company that never really properly learns what they&rsquo;re doing.I&rsquo;m trying to maximize for learnings, not money since I&rsquo;m privileged enough to not have to worry about it.

togaen · Accepted Answer

You want to leave so you can maximize for learnings, but you&rsquo;re worried you will leave before properly learning what you are doing? Those are conflicting ideas.Sounds like you&rsquo;re chasing something, but you don&rsquo;t really know how to recognize you&rsquo;ve gotten it. Figure that out. The rest will follow.

bgoldste · Answer

If you're asking this question, you may already have an answer.
I do think people tend to slightly overstate the learnings that you can get in a startup, and vice versa.
After 1 year, you're ok to leave at this point though a little longer is probably more ideal.

ozten · Answer

Prior to the pandemic and big tech layoffs, I think the average tenure was 18 - 24 months for software developers.

When should you leave a company?

If you're asking this question, you may already have an answer.I do think people tend to slightly overstate the learnings that you can get in a startup, and vice versa.After 1 year, you're ok to leave at this point though a little longer is probably more ideal.

Prior to the pandemic and big tech layoffs, I think the average tenure was 18 - 24 months for software developers.

If you're asking this question, you may already have an answer.
I do think people tend to slightly overstate the learnings that you can get in a startup, and vice versa.
After 1 year, you're ok to leave at this point though a little longer is probably more ideal.