Leaving first career job after 2 years of experience without any offer in hand and take a break of 3 months

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago


I am 25 years old with 24 months of experience as a software developer in a startup. I took this role rejecting all other good paying jobs due to awesome projects. But now I feel my current role is holding back my career progress as I am unable to properly learn industry standard technologies, and it is affecting my health due to unbearable amount of stress caused by poor management and work load. 

Startup background:

  • Service Based
  • 4 years old startup
  • 25 employees ( 10 developers )
  • 3 developers per project ( average )

Pros:

  • Flexible work hours
  • 10 days of work from home per month

Cons:

  • Very hard to take leaves since team size is small.
  • salary is way below average for 24 months of experience.
  • Poor management.
  • No vision for company
  • Poor growth ( developer team never went beyond 30 in size. Employee turn over rate is increasing )
  • No appraisals. ( Need to submit proof of all work done)
  • No work life balance. No perks.
  • standard practices are not followed. (no one in the team is experienced for more than 3 years)
  • Notice period duration is 2 months

My Background:

  • This is my first company after college ( B.Tech).

  • 24 Months of experience

  • Worked on 4 projects.

  • Experience in django, php, angular, node, mongodb, postgres, automated server deployment devops etc. ( all under same company )

  • Good in data structures and algorithms ( codeforces rating: 1900+)

  • Worked on multiple personal projects in college. (one android app has community of 200 thousand users)

I want to leave this job and take a break for 3-4 months to focus on learning new skills, personal projects and later find good fit job. Will this look bad for my next employer, I'm afraid it will negatively impact me?

I'm afraid about telling my boss that I would like to leave as this is my first job. Will my current experience land me a good job?

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manpreet 2 years ago


I've given few interviews and got decent offers, but I'm feeling afraid about telling my boss that I would like to leave as this is my first job.

If you already have an offer that you feel comfortable with, take it. Rule of thumb is you never leave your current job without another offer signed.

I am not sure what make you afraid of telling your boss about your leaving, if you feel he/she will physically hurt you (I hope not), you probably should seek for law enforcement help. If you are simply afraid of burning a bridge, as long as you have a decent offer in hand I won't value a bridge in a startup company having poor growth for 2 years that much, so yes if you have to then burn it. And after all, you are leaving this company, whether you go for a new job or a 3-4 month break has nothing to do with your boss anymore, and I don't think he/she would really care which is the reason.

And if you really think you need some time for a break, negotiate with whoever's providing you the offer, make the starting date 2-3 month later (or as late as both of you can agree with). After signed, you can hand in your 2 week letter and enjoy your break!


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