Yes. For the first decade plus I was promoted every couple years, which was what I “wanted” (more like I saw it was what other people wanted and didn’t really h

Yes. For the first decade plus I was promoted every couple years, which was what I “wanted” (more like I saw it was what other people wanted and didn’t really have an opinion of my own yet). I enjoyed the continuous challenges and check marks, and the joy of building software — until I wasn’t building software any more. It was a bit of a letdown that only got resolved when I left to join a series of small companies where I was able to sustain building software as a core part of my job while also being a leader (until that too played out, and the process repeated). Edit: checkmates -> check marks