[wombat-man]

Yeah. I really feel for this guy. I'm at a bigco too and at my yoe, I would really like to be officially "senior".

But if I'm being honest with myself I have a bit of growing to do before I am there. The limiting factor is definitely me. I am improving every year but my peers are excellent.

I'm not "senior", but I'm enjoying my work, I'm making more than I ever have, and I'm improving as an IC.

I can't quite tell from OPs account if he really is the one being wronged in this situation. But I also think places like Google are not for everyone. At least from this post, I think they'll be happy with the new opportunity.