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[.RJ]

I'm not leaving my team. I'm leaving my manager. What a shame.

Your manager may have also been blocked from promoting any team members or had no budget for increasing comp, either. So he may appear to be an asshole and blocking your career but its likely his hands are tied or there is some other BS that he's shielding you from. Its not always black and white like that. Internal promotions moving up an existing chain can take a frustratingly long time and shifting to different roles in the company or a different company all together, while you're junior, can shortcut this so its the right thing to do. Dont spend more than 2 years in your first job. I can confirm that rocking the boat too much is a detriment to advancement Sometimes attitude and perception are just as important to deliver results - promotion means leadership which is a lot different than what you can deliver individually. Its also shitty that if your manager is not helping you achieve that and giving you the tools to succeed since he knew that was your ambition, but most dont because its difficult.

Thats why I left my last company a few years ago, too. I really liked working with my boss I hated working for him. That and there was a totally fumbled opportunity for promotion - they created an open position to lead the team I was a part of, I went around with my peers and they encouraged/supported me to apply for it - the boss would have been the same but I could live with that since it changed the structure - first interview he was 20 minutes late and unprepared, fumbled for 2 months without making a decision and openly discussed the position, process, people, etc in team meetings where both of the people that had applied for the position were in. The whole thing was a shit show. Then they decided they didnt need it and were closing it. All while the company continued to lose money which was creating all sorts of problems and backstabbing. Not long after this, some contractors who were salty that I didnt award them some pretty significant (for them) contracts for work at a time while work was pretty thin, accused me and the people that I did award the contracts to, of embezzling money and a bunch of other unethical crap. I decided I didnt need that bullshit and found a new job but it took me quite a while to get over that. It didnt help that I went from one hostile environment to another.

tl;dr hang in there you have motivation and curiosity and want to succeed so you'll be fine even if progress is frustratingly slow.