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Lately my longest stay is about 18 months. At a year I get itchy and start drafting my resignation letter.
  • Some boringly practical advice:

    Well, I'm not sure why you're doing this (sticking it to the man, terrified you'll wind up anywhere again for 20 years, pure boredom, fear of rejection, etc., etc.) but I can tell you you better STOP doing it.

    Even in a great economy, excessive job hopping begins to look highly suspect to future employers (unless you're being promoted each time and are truly building a career), and in a lousy economy you'll be placed at the bottom of the candidate pile.

    So you may just serial-quit yourself into working for yourself by default. If that's what you want, great.