A career-stage guide for internet professionals

The first two years on the job. What matters most isn't shipping output — it's learning to read direction and adapt to unwritten rules.

Shipping isn't the problem anymore. The harder questions now: promotion, job switching, scaling your influence.

P7 / M is the watershed. Technical depth, management ability, industry judgment — pick one of three, or do all three.

You have enough experience. The real questions now: how to monetize it, how to exit on your terms, or whether to start another round.