Job-hop friend. Job-hop. I was in a similar situation to you and through work I've developed a pretty good network of former colleagues. After about 10 years

Job-hop friend. Job-hop. I was in a similar situation to you and through work I've developed a pretty good network of former colleagues. After about 10 years, it my network ended up stretching so far that I had contacts at basically every major company my city. I mean, very few of my former colleagues ended up in the upper echelons of businesses, but almost all of them are in senior IC roles for which a recommendation carries a lot of weight, especially for an opening on their own team.