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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?
- Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits.
- Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most.
- I vaguely remember having a good memory...
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I had 10 years in a previous incarnation.
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12-ish years at current job.
I'm 42 and have had 3 "real" jobs.
Nihil obstat
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You missed out the word blow there.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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Nihil obstat
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You've reminded me of a billboard that we recently had in our fair city. Said billboard.[^]
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Good ol' Chicago, always classing up the place. 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Yeah, I guess that's what the mayor meant when he said that he'd bring more 'jobs' to the city.
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I've been at the current job for four and half years. This is the longest stint I've had anywhere.
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2.5 years
If it moves, compile it
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14 years at the last place.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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11y 9m at current job. 7y 9m at previous job. Shorter stints prior to that.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Show me a community that obeys the Ten Commandments and I'll show you a less crowded prison system." - Anonymous
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7 years ago I was only just coming out of uni, heh.
I'm at 2½ years in this job which is longer than a lot of people manage in one place these days. I feel like settling in for a while, though.
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Two 7+ years and the rest have been 1 or two years. I think if you break through two years, you will often stay for the long run.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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Quote: I think if you break through two years, you will often stay for the long run.
You are right; when I look back I have done a 7+, a 6+, a 5+ and a 3+ (only cut short because of union pressure to stop using contractors). All others have been less than 2 years.
- Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits.
- Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most.
- I vaguely remember having a good memory...
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8 months. (Disclaimer: This is my first "real" job. I graduated from college last May.)
I think my Dad (Mike, for those in The Lounge that know him) has been at the same place for close to 30 years (I think it might be 28). Roughly the first half of that was in a mechanical engineering capacity and not a software capacity. I don't remember the exact year he started as it was several years before I was born...
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Day 1 was Feb 17, 1986... that means my 27th employment anniversary was 12 days ago.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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31 and a half years for me (and holding; now retired). Not counting extracurricular work I do on the side.
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Harvey
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And you all are into software jobs??? 
Tiklu
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22 years in March, erm, tomorrow? yikes!.
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16 years in the same office!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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5 years, at my first employer. Averages out at 2.4 years per employer.
Always enjoy the question "why did you have that many jobs" during an interview; as if a developer would work 40 years for the same employer 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I was at an interview at a medical services tracking company and had got on like a house on fire with my potential new manager and a few of the team members who were in on the interview. They just needed an extra two minutes for approval from a director before offering me the job. He walked in, glanced at my CV - with my impressive list of achievements at various companies - and asked why I couldn't keep a job for any length of time, said "we need dependable people here" and left without approving me.
Everyone else in the room left apparently stunned, except the manager who walked me outside of the building, apologized to me and said that that director was originally from an insurance company and didn't understand IT people at all but had final say on everyone so they couldn't offer me the job even though I was by far the best of all the candidates.
I thanked him and left ... and then heaved a huge sigh of relief! That had been close! I had been ready to take that job! Phew!
- Life in the fast lane is only fun if you live in a country with no speed limits.
- Of all the things I have lost, it is my mind that I miss the most.
- I vaguely remember having a good memory...
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Forogar wrote: He walked in, glanced at my CV - with my impressive list of achievements at various companies - and asked why I couldn't keep a job for any length of time, said "we need dependable people here" and left without approving me.
Whehe, very recognizable; I usually start laughing at that point, it's hard to keep a straight face at that point.
Forogar wrote: I had been ready to take that job! Phew!
That's often forgotten by the employer; the interview goes both ways, and if it doesn't feel "right", then no deal.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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