My boss is retiring and I was being groomed for that role. Basically in that right fit sort of job. I got a bit lucky as this was my first long-term job after college (had a short stint at a CPA firm, but that's it... and I never want to be a CPA). For the most part, the company has been really good to me and I have gotten a lot of great experience through the years. Getting passed over here does likley mean I'm capped for at least the next 3-4, but maybe longer. I'm a pretty ambitious sort and know my skill set and the value that brings. I could help pretty much any smaller (less than 200 employee) consulting firm grow geographically (internationally and regionally) and in different industries, develop, and have the right footing to to double or triple within 3-5 years. What I lack is experience on taking my size (600ish) of company to a larger 1000+ person company and taking a company public. Also lack some experience on mergers and acquisitions as I've only done a couple.
I know I can find a job doing what I'm doing and help a lot of companies. I could bounce around for that right fit. The crux of my issue is do I really want to? I could quit the rat race now and go scout. I could take 5 years off travel and explore (my wife works remotely anyway so we can go anywhere).
I could team up and start my own consulting firm. Or I could stay in the industry and pull in decent checks for 3-4 years and say screw it all then. This all feels weird.