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People who are 30+, what career moves do you regret in your 20s and/or what choices are you happy you made? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/cs_career_questions

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I regret staying at some jobs 2+ years and having my tech skills rot.

I also regret not joining companies that consult me out to clients sooner. It led to a massive increase in my own confidence and my technical skills across a lot of industries and technologies.

I also regret trying to be loyal to some company. It never pays off.

In the last 6 years I've averaged a job change every 6-8 months and have increased my base salary from $125k to about 4x that.