Initial comp was great; refreshes are harder to get and you have no leverage
Very fragmented; too many product areas; lots of bureaucracy.
10 yoe, 5 years at L5 and no sign of path to L6. Project priorities changed due to larger cloud initiatives. Effectively means no credit as no landing. Can folks list companies which are still hiring for staff level positions? I am willing to take risk and switch in this economic environment as wel...Read more
I am grateful to have received a lot of mentorship and supportive sponsors in my career. Hosting an AMA here to share the goodness. I've been both a TL/Manager and IC for many years. 15 yoe TC ~700k Note: No questions about Google specifically will be answered.
I don't expect to have a good answer for my question, but let me post it here anyway. I've worked at SAP for 5 years now and am happy to do low level things, building a large scale distributed data processing engine in C++. I like solving hard problems and writing code in the most efficient and ele...Read more
Moved from G to A for a title bump and more money. Blind poll was about 70:30, against the move, but I ignored it and did it anyway. It was an impulse decision after I got re-orged from Jan 23' layoffs, which reset my promo (2nd time this has happened). Why I hate Amazon: - Quantity over quality on...Read more
Feel stuck at Google without any path to next career step. I heard many stories of people who left but came back to Google because of xyz.... Are there any success stories after people who left Google and grew well in career
Just saw someone on LinkedIn that is supposed to be a âCareer Coachâ at Google. That a real job? Lol
Yoe: 2.5 I passed the phone interview, the new recruiter has âEarly Career Recruiterâ title on Linkedin. Is this L3 role? #swe #engineering
Hello, I see that Google early career (1-3) YOE app opened. Whatâs the difference between this one and early campus? Iâm assuming early campus is just for new grads and early career is for industry hires? Does anyone know if resume screening is just as bad for early career as it is for campus?...Read more
How does career growth look like at Google? From new grad to T4 to T5 and beyond (25%, median, 75%)? Also how does compensation growth look like in the process?
(I am sure this topic has been discussed multiple times) I am sort of disappointed with slow career growth at Google. What are you doing differently for good career growth in such a big org? Changing ladders seems very difficult, I have seen people having very tough to move to SWE or PM ladder from ...Read more
Had a team match call that went really well, then the next day saw a job posting on the careers page pop up for the role I team matched for. The post wasnât there before my call. Does this mean they didnât select me and are moving to search for external candidates? Havenât heard back from recruiter ...Read more
I can feel my technical skills and decision making actually getting worse. I'm wasting time and energy on pointless processes and aligning with everyone on the tiniest changes. Everyone throws around the word "risk" blindly to overcomplicate and slow down your work.
Hey guys, Looks like Google Early Career is still hiring, Iâm not sure if new grad (campus) is. Despite applying for the campus role with a referral, I never heard back with an OA, and didnât even get a rejection. I literally just got ghosted, which is disappointing because a lot of my friends ...Read more
YOE: 6 TC: 320k Considering a move to Apple or Google. Google offered lv5, apple ict4. Let's say TC offered will be similar, which is better for career growth (promotion + learning) for someone hoping to promote to next level? (lv6 at G and ict5 at A) I like Apple's team a bit more but Google's tea...Read more
Hey Blind, TLDR; I need some geniune career advice: Iâm thinking of jumping ship to Google after the 1 year mark at FB. The Details: About 8 months ago I joined FB Seattle as E5 SWE. I also had an L5 offer from Google for the Kirkland office. After negotiations FBâs offer was better overall (~405k...Read more
Reading multiple posts about promotions in Google, it does not appear to be a good career option anymore. This is specially true for T3, T4 as people struggle to move to T5. Also, in terms of learning and career growth, many people suggested to join /move fb/uber. So, is it still a good idea to joi...Read more
With 1 YoE, which company would be better for my career? Uber team is a lot more fun, but its also a high impact team (a lot of teams depending on the team's products ->; might be bad WLB or a full 40/45 hr week). Google team seems much more relaxed, the product is a bit boring compared to U
I have been working for Google for almost 6 months but I haven't got any impactful work to do. Mostly I'm being assigned small bug fixes. Do you think my career will stagnate if it keeps going like this? What action can I take in such a situation (team change, serious talk with manager, etc)? YoE=...Read more
I have offers from Google and Twitter with similar TC (around 420k). Both gave me senior SWE level (For Google itâs L5 to be precise.) I heard that both have good WLB. Google: + Great brand name + Future is stable - promotions are much harder - hard to get interesting project/scope - heard mor...Read more
I cleared all interviews last year but team match never happened. Another recruiter came in and said they have a role for me and they only need 1 additional interview with Hiring manager to proceed. Interview is scheduled for Tuesday but I am now seeing that role is deleted from career's page. Does ...Read more