> unless I completely change my role and/or specialization That would be the point, yes. I definitely did not mean to imply that spending 6 years doing the sa

> unless I completely change my role and/or specialization That would be the point, yes. I definitely did not mean to imply that spending 6 years doing the same thing at a big company is in any way better than doing the same at a small company. My point was that since a large company likely does allow you to completely change your role, domain and specialization without quitting, you should look at years-per-role and not years-per-company.