17 jobs and 5 different careers..?? So in a 40 year working life, they will spend on average, 8 years/career or 2 - 3 years/job. Based on that, they won't be any good at anything..! Far from job hopping to 'more lucrative opportunities', I fear the reality may be more like long stretches of unemployment between all these 'dream jobs' they'll be doing..! I know things are different now, and times they are a changing, but sometimes I think the gap between fantasy & reality is getting wider by the generation.