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Carl31 wrote: »

I think this is a real old school mentality

I was told that when i started out my career, however I didnt listen and have moved between jobs quite a bit in the past 15 years,

As I said there's a balance to be had.

I regularly changed employer for most of my early career as well, but it remains the case that to progress to the most senior levels, employers also like to see stability and internal promotion.

what I find nowdays is that moving has allowed me to gain a real breadth of experience that employers now want. It might just be my industry (Commerical accounting/finance) but moving about reguarly has certainly paid off for me,

I don't disagree.

It's been that way at least since I entered the workforce and probably longer.

But there will also come a point for many/most people where having nothing but 2-3 year stints with employers becomes a headwind for career progression.

In your early career it demonstrates ambition and versatility.

In your later career and at more senior levels it can be perceived more negatively if you can't also demonstrate that you're good enough to have been valued by an employer to the point they want to keep you around for 7-10 years and will promote you through the ranks accordingly.

I have easily doubled my salary since 5 years ago, and am now in a position to increase by another 20/30% with my next move, but that could be in part due to my age and place in my career

Yes that's pretty common for people 15 years or so into their careers.