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Exactly. A rolling stone gathers no moss. Whoever wants to gather moss after five years of working your ass off in the same old cubicle? Hey, moss does love to feed on talents anyway. I won’t rot mine just to cultivate lichens. Whatever your dad will tell you about job hopping and staying at least two years in the same company, some won’t be coming to join you anytime sooner. Despite the traditional proverbial advice that you stick with your cubicle whatever the odds are, here’s why it is good to be a hopper: 1. Develop Skills Faster What stops you from moving? Is it the genuine love for your job, or is it just the fear of not being hired by another company anytime sooner? If it’s the latter, better start planning how you can have another career you would really like to do. We mean plan. Don’t send your resignation in a slapdash unless you want to end up being broke for the next months (or probably even years). Scaring aside, being a “rolling stone” makes you develop skills faster because you are interested in it, not because you’re stuck with it. And you have no choice but to perform better in each gig because you want to be hired on the next. 2. Old Ways Just Don’t Work Anymore While it’s true that your dad gets more rewarded by employers when he chose to stay loyal with them, the same thing may not apply to you. The situation of the job market in the past is definitely not like what we can see today. More and more companies are being prompted to be fast-paced and flexible, especially those in the technology industry. If you don’t adapt fast in this age of massive layoffs and reorganization, you have to cope with bad surprises. Some just simply adapt their ways according to what’s happening in the 21st century, some kept listening to advice from the 19th. 3. Give More to Your Next Company Will you really grow if you’re doing the same stuff over and over again? We bet not. And now we have the gal to say that staying for too long even rots both you and the company you’re working for. Growing your roots in only one company will not pressure you to grow and learn faster. Job hopping and moving spontaneously keeps you excited about new things to explore. Plus, your new ideas coming from other companies will help a lot to make the next employer grow too. 4. Never Feel Being Stuck You know that feeling of being sick with the routine. Quite obviously, it isn’t healthy for your mind and body. If it feels that bad, it only means that your mind is signaling you that something is making you suffer. Ditch that thing off and come back some time later if you want, you perform well when nothing is weighing you down. 5. Leverage If you really want to open all the door of opportunities possible, the solution is leverage and accomplishments. There’s a big hidden job market out there, and it is for those who network effectively. You know you’re doing great, there’s no excuse of worrying over being dumped just because you hop jobs. Keep growing your network from different companies and prove people that you are doing great each time. Job hopping is outrageous, yes. But it does give you some backbone to say that you’re progressing in achieving your dreams, not merely gathering moss.
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