Salary, Skill, Way Out: If None Moved in a Year, That Is Your Signal
An exit line is a trader's term: before you get in, decide where the loss makes you walk. A job needs one too. It is easy to mistake the operation growing for yourself growing, and loss aversion plus "just a little longer" keeps you renewing year after year. Do the books once a year: did salary, deliverable skill, and your way out actually move.