Thank you for this. I'm new to SWE. How to know when it is time to leave an organization versus sticking it out?

If you're being treated poorly and it's causing you stress, leave.

It's going to take time to earn trust from peers and your manager to start getting more meatier work. If you're early career, I think 2 years is a good guideline. Many places hiring someone for their second job will expect you to be leaving your first job around 2-ish years. 2 years gives you the chance to take on larger projects and see the results of your work and get feedback about things you've pushed to production.

You probably shouldn't stay at your first job more than 3 or 4 years. The second job change is the hardest. It's when you realize that different companies do and value things differently. Staying too long at your first job will make it tougher to adjust. It's also good to get exposure to new ways of working while you're still agile enough to soak it up.

If you've left more than 2 or 3 jobs within 2 years it starts to look like a red flag.

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thewileyone 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you're still learning or giving opportunities to learn new things, stick it out. If you're stagnating and not allowed to learn new things, it's time to leave.

For the first 10 years or so, this is relevant. After that you can figure out what you really want to do.

	▲	hilariously 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, the old rule is you are either earning or learning, if you are not doing either you should be out. Early career pick learning and exposure to different technologies, processes, and company organizations. That being said, this job market is pretty bad for the youngins so unless you are top 1% of noobs I would say focusing on stability and learning would be my north stars in the next 3 years.

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lgcmo 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

So many factors are envolved in this that it is hard to begin the answer. I would spend some time discovering the main points and answer them.

One that is very important: Do you have another opportunity to accept? There is nothing better to get a job than being employed.

If you do have a offer, consider if you take; but if you don't, try to get one while you are employed and jump ship when it's a better one; repeat.