Sounds exactly like something a fresh college grad would say. All brilliant people jump from company to company, all people who stay at one company are dull.<p>I say, if you're enjoying yourself at one company, learning a lot, and moving up, why not keep it up?<p>Not to mention once you have a family / kids, me thinks you are much less likely to jump.<p>"The main thing that had struck him so far was that people seemed to get dimmer the higher they went in the organisation. I asked if he had any explanation for this and he said it was self-selection.<p>Really smart people don't stay at the institutions they have fought so hard to get into. The best leave within two or three years - the slightly less good stay a bit longer, and only the also-rans and the terminally unimaginative are in for the long haul."<p>Also, I used to work in consulting firm, so by this definition, all of the partners are also-rans and terminally unimaginative - I'd say some partners fit this definition, but many others were bright-eyed, bushy tailed, and full of interesting ideas / perspectives.