On: I quit Google to work for myself (2018)

[spwa4]

> The amount of time is very long

It is now, it used to be a lot shorter. "Up or out" has effectively been sacrificed to cost savings, which is perhaps a good thing in some ways.

[rockemsockem → spwa4]

What did it used to be?

[cmrdporcupine → rockemsockem]

When I started in 2011 I was told "up or out" of L4 by 4 years.

That was dropped around 2015 or 2016.

I stayed for 10 years at L4 then left on my own. I had no interest in the perf game and never attempted promotion. L4 money was good enough.