One of my friends is a quant developer. He changes jobs every year (almost). Of course, he always has a nice salary bump and gained more responsibility on the way. All his jobs are with brand name firms on top of that. Will he be rejected by the job market eventually? Or if it is a really good job opportunity, the hiring manager won't care? Some argues he is a better candidate than the unemployed.

This is pretty common for contracting quant devs since it's an easy way of getting more money.QuoteOriginally posted by: BlackSwan2Will he be rejected by the job market eventually? Not if he wants to stay in the same space. If he wants to go into a management position he'll just need to justify why he'd want to change and become permanent.QuoteOriginally posted by: BlackSwan2Or if it is a really good job opportunity, the hiring manager won't care? It all depends on experience and need, permanent vs contractor doesn't really matter for them as long as the job gets done well.QuoteOriginally posted by: BlackSwan2Some argues he is a better candidate than the unemployed.Intuitively that makes sense right?