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Discussion on: I've just started a new job and they want me to work with technology I see as no benefit to my career, what do I do?

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Matheus Mohr

I don't usually see "job hopping" as an issue, since a person wouldn't be "hopping" for no actual reason in the first place.

In terms of old tech I've been where you're at now, in my case I was promised a position at data analysis in the company I was (considering I have an MBA in data science and wanted to start acquiring experience) and after about 8 months nothing happened, just more and more legacy maintenance, which in this case means Java 7 + Struts 1.3.

In my case I regret absolutely nothing, since I joined a company that actually put me to work in a data project right away (my first few tasks still involves development, since we need to collect the data before analysing).

In the end, it might be worth taking in consideration how many companies in your region actually have jobs for positions/technologies you want before any kind of decision. If there are actual companies willing to take on juniors for the stack you want, I'd say go. Otherwise, consider using your time in your current company to study, build up some portfolio and then try again.