Deliberate Job Hopping and Trend Speculation Build Long Term Career Security

By Brian Jenney · IEEE Spectrum · 2026-07-15

Deliberate Job Hopping and Trend Speculation Build Long Term Career Security

According to IEEE Spectrum, software engineers face some of the shortest tenures in the white-collar workforce, with stay lengths averaging only two years. This instability encourages a strategy of intentional risk management where developers treat job changes and emerging techno

According to IEEE Spectrum, software engineers face some of the shortest tenures in the white-collar workforce, with stay lengths averaging only two years. This instability encourages a strategy of intentional risk management where developers treat job changes and emerging techno