Was at Microsoft for over 4 years and stuck at L60. Managers consistently leaving, reorgs, sdet->sde and my own stupidity of not getting involved with office politics (I now believe this is a useful skill). Joined as an SDE-2 at tier-2 company in Seattle and after an initial rocky start I am doing fine. Have been here a little over 2.5 years and because of stock appreciation my current TC is close to 210k
Interviewed onsite with FB recently and got rejected. However, had another interview lined with Amazon incase in comes down to negotiation with FB. That went fine and Amazon is offering me L5. Compensation not discussed yet
My current plan was to work another 6-8 months and my current company and apply for a senior role in tier-2 companies like Tableu, Indeed , Zillow.
Should I pursue the Amazon L5 offer. Dont want to go down the negotiation path and turn down the offer. What number should I ask ?
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Can you share your experience or any interesting anecdotes? What's your level ?
An amazon employee can probably confirm but if you’re having doubts about the specific team I think you should be able to work with the recruiter to find another one once the offer is extended
That's just how talent moves in tier-2 companies
TC info can be found on levels.fyi