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by arcticbull 1996 days ago
That's a tough one. Often the sensibility about what needs to be done comes from hours/weeks/month/years hacking away at their codebase in their specific setting. Much of that has to be rebuilt from scratch in a new place. If you don't find that same connection with your work at the new place - or are unable to develop the relationships with your peers or your manager, you may not end up able to make that impact at the new place either.

I tend to encourage folks who come to me about quitting to explore opportunities within the team/organization/company before leaving so they can leverage all the social capital they've built up.

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Absolutely, especially in bigger organisations where one part may be completely different in terms of how is organized and how is operating from another one.
If you are not being heard where you are it's very likely the culture is toxic or you are not respected. In either case it's time to leave.