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quit being a pussy and just take the gig. do you want to be 90 years old always thinking "what if?"

In Germany, it is not accepted very well if someone changes jobs frequently. Especially if the company goes insolvent in the near future.

Depending on where OP lives, simply trying can be to his disadvantage in the future. Not everyone lives in the US where job hopping is apparently not seen as a concern for most employers.

I would go this route: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32798617

That's a myth being told by those who have a clue and know that they have a competitive advantage by changing jobs whenever it works better for them. Yes, also in Germany. I would even say especially in Germany, precisely because this myth is more prevalent. That hiring manager who quizes you about why you have been moving so much is exactly the clueless who has stayed at their job for decades and can't stand others who had more fun and became more successful faster. Smile, you're going to be their boss very soon :)

No one cares (I'm from Germany)

I was leaving my last job after 1.5 years.

People asked and I told them and had 3 independent better job offers despite switching often.

And I was on the other side as well(still am) and yes of course you think (mmhhh hope he/she stays longer this time) but you know what? Finding good people is hard enough.

If you have a good resume and know what you are doing, switch jobs often when you are younger to get experience and pay raises.

When you start being 40, probably 50 it's getting harder.

Germany is a very bad example to follow. In many areas and especially in work culture and innovation.

If someone changing jobs frequently is considered a red flag, that’s a failure of imagination on the part of the prospective employer. You look and see a “reliable employee” I look and see a no-nonsense individual who knows his worth and interests and is not afraid to pursue that.

In my experience hire fast fire fast works best. Because the really good ones don’t get fired.

>In Germany, it is not accepted very well if someone changes jobs frequently.

That's why this conservativism made Germany a world leader in successful software companies. /s

Germany is a world leader in music production software. Not sure why they seem to excel in that category in particular.

Germany's Mittelstand has leaders in many niches, but, as I discovered, those niches tend to pay SW devs less than CRUD or mobile app devs earn in SW focused companies, since the market of those niches is already old and saturated so the economics are similar to that of a zero sum game with minimal space for growth.

Well, that’s not something OP can easily change. But as someone working in Germany I’d say unless it’s literally a string of jobs you stayed in for less than a year each it’s not an issue- it is quite normal in software to switch jobs every 2-4 years.

There's this one called SAP...

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