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That's a bummer. I'm always doing work outside my sprint/scope/team, probably as much as 20-40% of my time— my company has no issue with it, and I think it's especially valuable for building cross-team empathy, technical understanding, and so on.

Now, I'm quite senior at my org and I also have a track record of my "side bets" turning out to be tremendously valuable on multiple past occasions. But I don't think there's a special policy just for me— this is a company-wide culture thing.

I understand how being scolded for doing the right thing would have felt, but I'd encourage you to find ways to influence the culture of allowing these types of development, instead of swapping to become an ally of those who scolded you in the first place.

Did you finish your sprint task successfully and on time? If so, ask the scolder why they are complaining about you doing more than required?

I'd consider doing something outside of sprint again like looking around for job offers.