Author here. I debated this, but the state of Google and YouTube together and certain things internally led me to just look for external opportunities.
Did you get a pay rise moving externally? One very negative thing I have found in my career: Exactly zero internal moves come with a pay rise, but nearly all external moves come with a pay rise. The choice is easy for me.
I don't mean this to be a callout, but what do you mean you led teams as an L4? Even if you were unofficially leading them, you get caught in the politics trap of not being able to claim any credit for having done so, because that means the higher levels in the workstream weren't doing their jobs, and you can't write that down or say it outloud. This is a problem in every hierarchical organization, and learning how to navigate it is unfortunately a part of the leveling process in itself when you are starting from a lower level versus being hired into a higher one.
throwaway2037|2 months ago
xenihn|2 months ago
djmips|2 months ago
maybe it's the new HN account or something?
dhashe|2 months ago