How long is not business like

[miffy]

Difficult one.

Half of me agrees with Dow Jones on the 2 year rule thingy. But then again, if depends on the scale of what your working on. I've worked on projects as a permie and some of those taken well over 2 years of my time.

[Tensai]

I've worked on projects as a permie and some of those taken well over 2 years of my time.

WHS. I've managed several projects back-to-back, each about 12-18 months, for different parts of the same Big Co. It depends on your specialisation : there are a lot more short contracts when you're, say, a developer, whereas most of the meaty PM roles tend to be big/long projects.