It's partially a SV bubble, and partially a early-career bubble (and partially an I've-only-seen-the-good-times bubble, probably) When having these conversatio

It's partially a SV bubble, and partially a early-career bubble (and partially an I've-only-seen-the-good-times bubble, probably) When having these conversations people often forget that it's pretty natural for the time between promotions to increase significantly as your experience and role level increases. FWIW "promotion" i mean a meaningful change int he scope of your role, not a banding exercise to pay you a bit more. That can also be achieved without promotion; companies have different approaches to the 6ish meaningful role buckets in a technical career. This means that advice about "how long is too long" isn't really general.