what are some reasons for chasing promo that managers like to hear? Please give some legitimate reasons to when managers ask "why are you motivated by promo"? TC: 240k yoe: 3 #tech #apple #google #meta
I spent the last couple years traveling 6 months of the year each year, getting married, and am now preggo. While I enjoyed the last two years, peers are getting promoted to L7 whereas for me I'm in this job, feeling unfulfilled. I regret not chasing that promo so I could earn more and provide for m...Read more
Keep politickin, shakin hands, and kissin babies. I have a path to 700K. Requires putting most of my energy into others. Change paths and focus on technical work. Promo much less certain. TC 500K
Been a L4 for 2 and a half years now. Manager just gives some BS reasons for not promoting while he has promoted 2 other folks. I have delivered more things and have worked on more things than them. If you go by CR stats, mine are double than them in posted and commented. I have done Ops wins, wrote...Read more
I was talking recently with a friend who has ~30 YOE in the tech industry. He said that as far as he remembers, up to, say 2010, chasing promotion wasn't "a thing" like it is today. That is, people did work towards becoming managers and such, but it wasn't so institutionalized as it is today, where ...Read more
I am a 35 years old L5. I was in a very good trajectory to be promoted to L6 in my previous team a year and half ago. It was a high stress team in bay area where I was working about 50+ hours a week with very toxic culture. I decided give that up when there was an opening in the city I've been dying...Read more
I’ve been at FB for two years. When did others know that it’s time to move on?
Got to know on Friday that my promo case is through! Feeling very happy and pumped up for the next half + career here at Meta. I was never hungry for promo or chasing ratings, but it does feel good to know that you don’t have the yellow/red zone etc timelines on your head. Any advice on how to su...Read more
I’ve got a Chase Sapphire Reserve with over 250k points on it. I’ve got multiple Chase cards - I’m fully enmeshed in the Chase ecosystem. But there’s been a recent promo for the Amex platinum, with a joining bonus of 150k points. The perks and the joining bonus sound really tempting. What would y...Read more
Is it possible to jump ship from L5 SDE at Amazon to L6 SDE at Google or Meta if I have enough experience? Tired of chasing promo dangling carrot here.
#capitalone #jpmorganchase #swe #tech Hey Blind... I just received an offer from JPMC and would like some input I got an offer from JP Morgan Chase for an L3 position (equivalent to a Promotion from my current position I think) and don't know whether or not I should take it if I'm slotted to be p...Read more
Does it makes sense to chase sde2 promo if I have an external offer for same TC? Promo is at least 6-9 months away. Team and manager are decent. Pros for chasing promo: Title & seniority (matters?) Looks better than a switch on resume ? Cons: Uncertainty, can’t do anything if promo doesn’t happen...Read more
A tech couple in their late 30’s with 2 kids and a dog in Bay Area. Now imagine two scenarios: Scenario 1: - 700K TC - FAANG jobs, no sign of promo - L5/Sr.SWE’s, not in rat race to get to L6 - Great WLB, no stress about PIP or micromanagement Scenario 2: - 1.2M TC - Always chasing promos - L6/E6 ...Read more
Manager hinted I’m bottom L5 on team and NI bucket. I promoted around 12mo and now wish I stayed as L4 where I’d probably be HV3/TT. There was another L5 that was pipped so makes sense I’m lowest as other L5 are about 4 years at Amazon and chasing L6. I thought new promo was safe. I don’t feel my ...Read more
What keeps you motivated to keep leetcoding, chasing TC/promos, getting into faang/hopping to another fang? Sometimes I feel its all just BS and not worth the effort... Anyone else feel this way?
Let's say you get the opportunity to build features like materialized views, indexing, query result caching for OLAP, is it a good opportunity? The team will not have on call because it is data plane. Team is not new but relatively new. I have other data plane opportunities too in different orgs in...Read more
I'm critically bored in my current role and considering a change. What remote friendly or remote first firms can pay at or close to market rates for senior+ level talent. L5 IC currently mulling over if the L6 promo is worth chasing or if I should seek greener pastures. YoE 4.5 TC 250
We’re all gonna be rich anyways. Tech is taking over the world and the companies that survive are gonna carry us all to the swanky upper middle class Just keep grinding out sprint points, obsessively checking graphs, and chasing that promo that’s never going to come until your inevitable death.
I currently have around 4 Yoe and have been chilling the whole time since beginning of my career. Have never chased promo, learnings, recognitions etc. just do what is being told and spend extra time on my hobbies or other personal commitments. I don’t mind if I attain FIRE a couple years late but...Read more
31/32 year olds, both faang, $2.2M nw, $900k HHI (going down to $700k after cliffs assuming stagnant job market). Bay Area, $200k yearly expenses. 1 2 year old, another in the way. Personal life is good. Big corp life is meh. I’m currently L5 eng, on track for L6 but I’m wondering whether I even ...Read more