duckduckmoose

The surest path to promotion is to build something new. Maintaining and scaling existing systems to fit our needs is meager in comparison. The result is abandonware which are kept on life support until they cause enough fires to justify spinning up a team to revamp them. Rinse and repeat.

I'm in a similar position. I joined a new company and I learned that the culture doesn't work for me ~1 year in. I also recently realized that I want take a shot at the management track and returning to my previous employer would fast track me there compared to the current arrangement. However I'm concerned that hiring managers will look poorly at that for future endeavors.