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15 years and counting ... 
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24 years at my current employer, and 21 years at my previous employer (although only 18 of those in IT)
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Almost 11 years in my current position as a DoD software engineering consultant. Before that I was an Air Force communications officer for 11 years. It was one of those deals where I left as a military guy on a Friday and came back to sit in the same seat on Monday as a contractor. I am 43 and have never has to interview for a professional job... 
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10 months and counting, though this is my first programming job. ^^
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Ha! Never taught that the numbers of years on the same job may tell somthing. In fact, it tells a lot, mostly about work ethics. I have worked 4 + 4 + 8 + 2+ on the same job. One thing I have to remark, you are in demand as long as you perform well at the benefit of others, just that. However, I drove the projects from one end to the other, long projects and with many ups and downs. I could resist just because in my mind, software developer is not just work, it means performance exactly as in sport. For me, quitting for whatever reason is not an option as long as I did not finished the project. I do not know what my life will become if I fail a project.
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23 years at this company and counting...
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Forogar wrote: Looking back at my CV I see that the longest I have ever worked at one company was 7 years and 2 months. Most places it is around 18 months - which I understand is the industry average right now.
I wonder which of you has the longest time at one job?
I'm approaching 14 years (next month) at this one.
-CB
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Just short of twelve years, but it was my first job out of college. Also, I'm old enough to be on the tail of the older generation's notion that you got a job, worked your 30 years, got the gold watch, and retired.
So, at that time, I was too naive to realize when it began to suck (or maybe it always sucked and I was just figuring it out) that I should've left at least two years earlier.
Since then, my longest is about nine years a few jobs ago, but that was really a good organization til the end, and I got out pretty rapidly when it deteriorated.
Pretty much outside of that it's been a couple of years at a stint, then time to try something different.
So, there's a lesson for you less-experienced folks out there: when it starts to suck (i.e., you hate getting out of bed and going to work in the morning), don't feel as if you're obligated or you should try and "stick it out". It's time to move on.
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17 years. Before that, 3-4 years at any place, some only a year.
I can't believe I was there that long. I laughed when I started because they gave me a retirement date. I only stayed for the job security and high pay. They really didn't challenge me, I saved the good stuff for after work. They weren't interested in what could be done, only what they wanted done. But just as I was getting resigned to reaching the retirement date in three more years, they dissolved the department. At least the severance pay (a paycheck for every year there) gave me time to study and find another job. It was the first time in I don't know how long, that I had time to read some programming books cover to cover instead of just doing quick study in only the sections that were necessary.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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Over 13 years ago, I was the first hourly employee hired in this startup. Through sweat equity and downsizing, I am now an equal partner. There were a lot of tough years, but it has been paying off in the last few years, and getting better every year.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I've been at my current job for 30 years this January.
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Can anyone correlate years on a job with your stage of life?
I followed this path:
2 years
4 years
1 year
5 years -- Got married
17 years -- marriage and raising a family
3 years -- Kids were going off to college
1 year
1 year
1.5 years
When I needed stability, I stayed in a job (17 years).
When I was making progress up the career ladder I stayed (early)
Now that my responsibility to family has lessened, I get to switch jobs to see what I missed while working the 17 year stretch.
Modemmad99
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18 years so far for me. It's been my first and only programming job too. Got hired 3 days out of school and still working for the same company.
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I'm sure I don't have the longest, but 5 years is tops for me. On the lower side, non-contract, about 18 mounths.
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I have had two jobs that lasted about 8 years each, but those were mostly management related. I have had 7 coding jobs which have lasted 2-3 years - project complete and move on.
Or maybe I just get restless.
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A little less than 3 years is the most I've been in a company. The fight is always the same: salary.
Maybe I expect too much of my experience or maybe I'm a poor negotiator on my way in 
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
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Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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4 and a half years on my last job
2 years on my current. and i dont think i'll be leaving in a while. Most fun i had had while coding!
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A year and a half, I liked the job (and the pay) but it was getting too boring.
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9.5 years, gone for 3 to a startup that eventually failed, then back for another 10.5 more, leaving 3.5 years ago for current startup.
Funny thing is that they had on-again/off-again recognition programs for 5,10,15,20,... year milestones and they were always off-again when I hit mine so I never got a single one.
-Shon
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3 Years at my current place
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First real job: 7 years, 11 months and counting.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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