It's Time To Go

my longstanding advice on changing jobs

I realize that given this job market, that this post may be ill timed - or even insensitive. I hope it’s not, and I hope it helps.

I changed jobs a few months back, and a lot of folks have asked me why? I talked about why I decided to leave $currentJob - 1 a bit on the AB Testing Podcast, but now that time has passed, people want to know how I ended up at $currentJob. So I’m going to write a bit about that.

Sometimes, It’s Luck

I give two pieces of frequent and consistent advice about changing jobs. The first is:

Never go from a job, always go to a job.

By this, I mean that, if context allows, focus on finding a great new job rather than just leaving the current job. I didn’t do a great job following my own advice here. But I also did follow my advice.

Let me try to explain.

$currentJob -1 wasn’t enjoyable for me anymore. I was burned out and frustrated. I worked with wonderful people, but I knew I needed to leave. So I decided to leave…eventually.

When I decided to leave, and planned to…