My previous position was more like L6 in terms of responsibility, but the pay was much better at L5 than I was getting before (but in a totally different market

My previous position was more like L6 in terms of responsibility, but the pay was much better at L5 than I was getting before (but in a totally different market). I work with someone in BD now who used to be the CEO of a company, so I don't feel too bad :).