Too many job moves at a young age, going to look bad on me?

[Greg-]

Bit of backstory, I'm 3 years out of uni working as a Software Engineer, I did 2 years as a civil servant and left now I'm working for a private company, which is ok but the people are a bit....miserable. I started putting some applications out there with companies that were interesting, I've got one offer and a second interview with another company!

But this would be my third job in 3 years?! I've only been in my current post for 8 months. Should I hold out for a bit longer and do the job search again after a bit more time or just get out while I can?

[Greg-]

Thanks for the advice everyone, I think I'm going to make the move, but ensure I go for a post I could happily stay in for 4years+

Not surprised by what 944fan said, I haven't not got an interview so far and companies seem keen to impress me on what they're doing (isn't it meant to be the other way round?!). Good time to be a software engineer!

[Greg-]

944fan said:

Couldn't tell you. I don't think a middle of the road .net dev with 4 yrs is worth the £50K they are asking.

It seems at the minute you can basically set your price and someone will pay it.

Spoke to a recruiter the other day whose candidate was offered two roles. The subsequent counter-offering saw the salary go from £60K to just under £80K. Bonkers.

And I thought I was being cheeky with my salary request! What sector are you in if you don't mind me asking? I have a lot of uni friends who are working in London, were pretty average at uni and don't have any particular specialisation and earn about double what I do. All they're doing is mashing APIs together, meanwhile I'm slaving away for not much more than a graduate doing really low TLR stuff for R&D.

I'm not bitter, I swear.