Currently SDE II at MSFT TC 150K Seems like they are trying to lowball me gave standard "Just didn't quite have enough for SDE II" and "Will be on fast track to SDE II" will start as "High end of SDE I" Thoughts? Will post offer numbers when I have them... Update on Offer: Base: 137K Sign on: 30K yr1/paid monthly, 22K yr2/paid monthly Stock: 40 RSU Currently have 80K equity in MSFT RSU.
Why would anyone go from MS to Amazon lol?🤔
No such thing as fast track
levels at amazon are coarse. sde iii is a huge deal and sde ii is also big. low end / high end are very real terms there. they should have more levels tbh.
90% of College hires get to SDE2 in 2 years. Some of them even get to SDE3 by year 5. So it’s up to you if you want to be SDE1 in such a place. Pay increase isn’t going to be significant either as range is small.
Shit offer. Do better at your interviews next time
Umm. No. At 5.5 yoe I had an offer for high end SDE 2. Your interviews did not go well
All SDE 2 Are told that they are High End SDE-2
I’ve done > 350 amazon interviews and can speak from experience here. 5 years is the outer edge for SDE1. 4 years is where I usually draw the line except in unusual circumstances. I have seen candidates who were better than all SDE1 but not better than 50% of SDE2 (the hiring bar). I’ve made the case for “fast tracking to promotion” because p0 for SDE2 *is* the promotion bar.
I had 3 months experience and was given sde 2 offer lol. Super inconsistent leveling imo
Not always. What matters is the quality of the experience. I’ve seen engineers with 9 months get SDE2 and 10 years get nothing. And both were the right call. It also depends on your education: having a masters degree or PhD can help substantially on the coding/system design questions.
Seems lowball. What's the base?
Fast track is BS. They tell you to rope you in.