Thanks! I agree that the amount of career capital a position will generate is an important factor in any career decision, âoverqualifiedâ or not.
Iâm curious about your âit can be hard to reverseâ statement though: how frequently do you think this happens? At least in US tech, itâs pretty common for people to take a year off to organize against Trump or whatever, and a year of charity work is definitely not irreversible. When Iâve talked to recruiters they basically just ignore charity work, at worst.
Anecdotally it always feels like now is the wrong time to leave your job because (good thing) is right around the corner, but itâs usually perfectly fine to leave in actuality. Received wisdom (supported by some evidence) is that regularly switching jobs actually makes you more successful.
Iâm not sure about tech! I was thinking the more business/âmanagement career track.
I definitely agree that regularly switching jobs is a good thingâthis isnât an argument against switching jobs, just against taking a much more junior role
Noting that the link you shared also shows that people who are externally hired seem to perform worse than those who are promoted. So if you care about performance more than pay, it may not be that good to switch jobs often?
Interesting point â my interpretation of that statistic is that external people are hired into more senior roles than internal people. I guess itâs also consistent with the hypothesis that external people get less mentorship though.
Thanks! I agree that the amount of career capital a position will generate is an important factor in any career decision, âoverqualifiedâ or not.
Iâm curious about your âit can be hard to reverseâ statement though: how frequently do you think this happens? At least in US tech, itâs pretty common for people to take a year off to organize against Trump or whatever, and a year of charity work is definitely not irreversible. When Iâve talked to recruiters they basically just ignore charity work, at worst.
Anecdotally it always feels like now is the wrong time to leave your job because (good thing) is right around the corner, but itâs usually perfectly fine to leave in actuality. Received wisdom (supported by some evidence) is that regularly switching jobs actually makes you more successful.
Iâm not sure about tech! I was thinking the more business/âmanagement career track.
I definitely agree that regularly switching jobs is a good thingâthis isnât an argument against switching jobs, just against taking a much more junior role
Noting that the link you shared also shows that people who are externally hired seem to perform worse than those who are promoted. So if you care about performance more than pay, it may not be that good to switch jobs often?
Interesting point â my interpretation of that statistic is that external people are hired into more senior roles than internal people. I guess itâs also consistent with the hypothesis that external people get less mentorship though.