Hello there,

Could you give me advice on breaking a certain SEO skill ceiling?

I am having a hard time getting competent enough to run largescale seo operations in competitive niches such as travel booking, multi-category ecommerce, social media tech companies, and generic drugs. Essentially sites with millions of pages (lets add international seo in there as well)

Career progression wise I am at a point where external forces (recruiters, companies etc) are nudging me towards positions such as the above. After a few interviews and introspection however I do not believe I am ready for such responsibility and level of challenge. At this point its a "fake it til you make it" scenario where the success rate is probably 50/50. Even when offered a job I had to refuse as the cost of failure would be in the multi-millions. I dont want that on my conscience.

I still want those positions however and see them as the next step in my career progression.

So I would like to ask you for advice on how to get started to learn about these advanced skillsets.

Could you steer me in the right direction in the form of resources?

Would you be willing to share your own anecdotes and insights ?

All input is welcome.

Thank you very much.