To add on, it is a lot better story to tell during behavioral interviews:
“I was hired by the Director to solve $x problem. I led the project. I put processes in place. I led training for the team and they went public a year later. I met my former director for lunch a year later and most of my processes are still there in a slightly evolved form.”
About the same as above from my job after that. But change “Director” to “CTO” and change “went public” to “got acquired for 10x revenue”.
(Yes I can draw a direct line from the architectural changes that let them pivot to selling access to micro services to their value proposition when acquired)
“I was hired by the Director to solve $x problem. I led the project. I put processes in place. I led training for the team and they went public a year later. I met my former director for lunch a year later and most of my processes are still there in a slightly evolved form.”
About the same as above from my job after that. But change “Director” to “CTO” and change “went public” to “got acquired for 10x revenue”.
(Yes I can draw a direct line from the architectural changes that let them pivot to selling access to micro services to their value proposition when acquired)