Get unstuck, then get promoted

I got this message from a friend last week.

Getting stuck at a level is painful, and it only gets more painful the longer it goes on. Ideally, you’ll break out of it at your current company (and maybe even your current team), avoiding the (un)noble tradition of job-hopping-to-level-up.

My promotion at my current company took 14 months. It started during a regular 1:1 with my…