Development-wise, things aren't terrible. There’s no pressure which makes me bored if anything. I've gone about 4 months without doing any significant work.

On the plus side, the company is more ‘agile’ than others I've worked at - we use a CI system, pair program and when I started we did do retros, but that dropped off after a few months.

Some things are worrying though. The loss of key staff, the increasing amount of work which is passed over to our offshore consultancy, the slow decline of the company (no growth), company departments that don't talk to each other, departments that don't care.

I know some of you might say - “Stay! Fix the place. It might get better” but there are people that have been here for 10+ years who say that it’s always been like this.

Looking around there are some interesting companies, but nothing that’s captivating me. This makes me worried that I'm just going to repeat the cycle. Should I just need to suck it up?

I'd love to develop a side-project to the point where it can support me but I'm simply not motivated enough. I feel my ideas are bad.

I applied to move to Canada from the UK and was accepted, so any move now would only be for 18 months before I leave to go there.

I'm conscious of being labelled a job hopper (see link below). I'm also conscious that by acting this way, I'm a ‘Gen Y trophy kid’ as the author puts it.

I get itchy feet. I get bored easily. I want a ‘better thing’. I want to use new tech I find interesting. I’m looking for a perfect job which probably doesn't exist. I'm not being professional. I’m ‘flakey’.

http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/04/22/never-hire-job-hoppers-never-they-make-terrible-employees/