At what point can I stop chasing promo and TC?
I am a 35 years old L5. I was in a very good trajectory to be promoted to L6 in my previous team a year and half ago. It was a high stress team in bay area where I was working about 50+ hours a week with very toxic culture. I decided give that up when there was an opening in the city I've been dying to go, which very rarely have opening, and made the transfer there. Life has been great since. Everyone is really nice in the team. I work 20-30 hours per week. My investments went to the moon. I bought a better house than I would've dream of. However, recently I found out that almost every TL in my previous team has been promoted since I left, and the org continued to grow really fast. The thought of me missing out on the promotion and future growth started to keeping me up at night, and felt that I made a big mistake. The thing is, I only wanted the promotions for the money. I should be happy with what I have right now. But I think I am just too greedy and always want more. For those who've achieved much higher level and TC. Are you satisfied and stopped chasing more promo and TC?
Net worth 4m
TC 400k
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