You Know I Need a Life Vest I'm in the Deep End

You should be optimizing for learning and you should be looking for places where mentorship is part of the culture. Teaching is a craft and is something that is valued at Spotify. You really will have access to resources to kind of help you level up and grow. If you write code for five years you're gonna learn something but if you write it like a month's master's and get feedback along the way and get input about how you're thinking about things like you will get so so much farther.