[paulryanrogers]

Good on him for taking a break. It'd be nice if that was an option for everyone. Sadly in the US it can be quite expensive with a family to support, even in tech.

As to old work following him on to a new team I can see how being a SME is difficult to escape within the company. One would hope being the expert would provide more leverage to dictate the terms and boundaries of ones working conditions, though that's not always the case

Not a lot of detail in the article about exactly why things went down. If I had to guess the plan was too ambitious and didn't include enough talent native to the market before they committed. Which could explain why they leaned so heavily into the author.