I had an interviewer ask me about my gaps, specifically the 7 years I was in college, to which I said “I was in college, on the GI bill, and treated it like the job it was, because I was basically paid to maintain good grades.” And that wasn’t good enough, she asked of I was doing anything else at the same time. She pushed back about it, so I told her I was no longer interested and left.

It was contract work, like all my other work. It was for a year and they had the audacity to be upset that some of my prior contracts were 3-6 mths, even though I did all the legwork to find each position entirely on my own (so direct hire contract, not shitty staffing agencies)

I like only doing a job for 3-6 mths. It makes me happy to learn something new and stop before I get bored and burned out. Why a role that’s only a bit longer would be sus about it.. no idea.