Kelsey Hightower

I know we're not in promotion cycle, but I believe I'm worth 120 and I would like to have that conversation.

And someone would say, hey, well, you need to go prove it.

It's like, well, I have an offer if you want to see it, but I would rather be here.

And that can turn into a, you went to go look for another job.

It's like, oh my God.

So I'm stuck here.

Exactly.

So I was always weary of that, but I also knew that in business, that's just how it goes.

And so I'm really at the peak.

Now I'm thinking like early retirement, I probably can get out of here at what, 55, 60, if I continue on this pace.

Yep.

And then Microsoft was like, hey, come through.

And look, I never had an executive recruitment process.

So by this time, I'm probably considered an executive at Google.

Once you hit like L7, you're kind of considered like an executive.

What is an executive recruitment process?

So an executive just means that you probably have an admin to help you with some of the tasks you're doing.

You're probably going to be asked to be an executive sponsor of things and programs.

So if a team wants to have a program for something and there's going to be a budget for that, you may have to help oversee that program.

So they need executive sponsorship.