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I'm not saying you're wrong...and as I age, I'm asked more and more about my job hopping history...but I am starting to feel like the negatives of a long history of job hopping are in many ways balanced out by the long history itself.

I'm a CAD drafter with 17 years of experience in 5 different jobs. In interviews it's more and more common to get questions about my plans for the future and how long I plan to stay with (company that is interviewing me). Each time, I tell them that I'm prepared to retire from their company in a few decades as long as they take care of me and keep a good working environment and competitive compensation.

Whether I'm just in a good market for my skills, or job hopping isn't the deterrent some people seem to think it is, I have been getting a constant stream of recruiters filling my inbox for the past decade, whether I've been looking or not, and I've honestly never not gotten an offer for any position I was actually interested in.

If I felt it was a good fit and was interested in talking to them, it has always led to an interview, and if I was still interested after that, an offer. Every time. Granted, often the offer was way less than I was currently making or in the interview we realize it's not a good fit...but never once has my job history been an issue that comes between a position that's a good fit and a job offer.