For people on the other side of management debt (individual contributors), try your best to figure out what pieces they would be happy if you maintained a reaso

For people on the other side of management debt (individual contributors), try your best to figure out what pieces they would be happy if you maintained a reasonable level of output on. Your key goal in life at that stage is cash-flow, keep the checks coming. But in terms of how you fit or how they see you, that ship has mostly sailed and you will need to leverage the market to find the better role. This is not a apocalyptic scenario, and can be managed maturely over months or years. Everything is a long game.