Eric Siu explores whether quitting your job every two years pays off. One speaker cites research suggesting job-hopping can double lifetime earnings, while another shares examples of $20,000 salary jumps from switching roles. Silicon Valley professionals frequently change jobs to advance faster.
So should you actually quit your job every 2 years? Okay, so I did see that clip and Vivian says that—
If you quit your job every 2 years, you'll earn on average over your lifetime at least double.
Right, she says if you don't quit your job, you'll earn 50% less over your lifetime. I actually think it's a lot more. So you actually make a lot more if you switch jobs every 2 years. I switched jobs a few times in my 20s. My raise was much higher than 10%. One job I went from $40,000 to $60,000 a year. That's a huge jump. That's not 10%. And so if you think about that, if you can compound your salary that way, you're gonna make a lot more money over the course of your career. And even the most successful people I know in Silicon Valley, I look up their LinkedIns, they're literally job hopping every 2 years. And now they're the VP of HR at Nvidia and then boom, you know, so.
