5 years is long enough as a employee at any tech company that isn't your own (or that you have serious upside in).
Take what've you learned and forge you're own path.
A path with control.
Yes control...
If you're employed by a company you have zero control (though, good managers work hard to make you feel exactly the opposite) and you can be fired/laid off/let go at any moment, without notice - job security is laughable.
I was recently re-reading Clarke's Rendevous with Rama on an airplane and hit this quote: "Myron, like countless NCO’s before him, had discovered the ideal compromise between power and responsibility.”
5 years is long enough as a employee at any tech company that isn't your own (or that you have serious upside in).
Take what've you learned and forge you're own path.
A path with control.
Yes control...
If you're employed by a company you have zero control (though, good managers work hard to make you feel exactly the opposite) and you can be fired/laid off/let go at any moment, without notice - job security is laughable.
Congratulations, now forge ahead with control!