I have an opportunity to be promoted to senior in Amazon in 6 months, but I also have an opportunity to move to Google as a high SDE II. Is the salary for SDE III comparable to high SDE II in Google
What level? Google SWE II is Amazon SDE I because if some kgeacy weirdness.
What is SDE 2 in Google? T4, T5, T6?? Your post confused me
T5 google = l6 Amazon. Levels.fyi
Amazon L6 Dev’s are generally unicorns so I would definitely advice getting it first and looking elsewhere if money doesn’t match your expectations.
Principals are unicorns...anecdotally, I have three SDE3s on my team...
Agreed in terms of literal meaning of unicorns :). You’re lucky that you have 3 on your team. Hoping that team would be a great place to learn and work. L6 Devs counts are getting increased since bar is lowered but they are still considered well respected engineers in general at Amazon and in industry.
If you don't get promoted (managers change, renig on promises, etc) would you leave for Google? If so, leave now. Never stay in a job based on the expectation of a promotion, because there are no consequences to those who control it. When asked why you're leaving, tell them they should have moved faster. As to salary, take your total comp and increase by 20% and make Google match/exceed that. SDE 3 promos at Amazon are a 10% TC increase. IMHO Google is an all around better place to be. They have bad apples like everyone else but their bar is generally higher and they are way less tolerant of the sociopaths and psychopaths that Amazon celebrates in management. Do know that they value true technical competence though, and the politicking skills you learned at Amazon will be less useful. You will have to get out your algorithms textbook again.
There’s never a fixed x% TC in promo, it depends on your current TC comparing to the band. And I’d go for the promo. No brainer.
I’m SDE3 and make 420k this year. Not sure Google L4 SWE makes that high. If you’re expecting a promotion and the comp is your primary concern, just make it first cause you’ll enter a new comp band.
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Wait for promotion if you’re confident it will happen. Promotions always look great on a resume.
How do you show you got promoted on resume?
SDE I: 2015-2017 SDE II: 2017-Present