[CyberFonic]

Two things jump out for me. 1: pre-IPO and 2: "vested substantially".

If I were in a similar position to yourself, I would carefully analyse the financial pros & cons of staying vs leaving. I see a risk of jumping ship and ruing the decision down the track.

The pre-IPO state might be triggering increased political activity. The scent of money does that to people.

If staying is the better option financially, then moving to another team and learning to play politics better might make your situation easier to handle.

If at all possible, it would be great to find a mentor in a different company but similar industry. There are so many nuances to situations such as yours that it is difficult to suggest viable alternatives without hashing out the many constituent options.

Good Luck!

[confusedtechguy]

thanks for this... great advice re: finding a mentor