People quit for all sorts of reasons.

I really liked my managers at Qualcomm (Rick Hammerstone and Edu Metz), but NVidia came along and I had always wanted to see how they managed to be so dominant in the industry.

There were other reasons for me to quit, but my managers definitely weren't one.

I had an employee who used to tell me: “there are only two people in my life that I have explicitly chosen to be with: my wife - and you”

True for me in one situation. Worked for a large corporation and could not find any lateral movement within, either. Had to leave the entire company because I was growing frustrated (after too long - 1.5 years) with my manager appeasing his bosses at the expense of focusing on the career growth (learning, responsibility, impact) of his direct reports.

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