Senior Engineer offer 1 year after grad

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honne23

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honne23
Aug 9, 2021 20 Comments

Completed my BS in Comp Sci last year.

Did a mix of part time and full time work during my degree on a mix of AI, blockchain and microservices; so I have about ~4 YoE.

Insurance fintech made an offer for 80K GBP base + benefits + pay for my MSc.

The role is Senior Golang Backend Engineer (working on a mix of microservices, infrastructure and operations with kafka etc...)

Is this reasonable?

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  • This is a serious down level.
    Aug 9, 2021 7
    • Yes but you’re not considering the point of view of your company. They could pay you 3x the salary and fire the 3 other guys, but what are they gonna do if you quit? Go crawling back to the other guys? Close up shop?

      Here’s a real lesson for you. Your value is determined by supply and demand. You are supplying the *potential* to become a good engineer. You need to find a company that demands good engineers. The type of company that *needs* good engineers to be competitive in the market. Otherwise you will become as mediocre as the people you’re comparing yourself to.
      Aug 9, 2021
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      honne23

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      honne23
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      Duly noted!
      Aug 9, 2021
  • You have 1 yoe
    Aug 9, 2021 3
    • Amazon / Other
      nobita.

      Go to company page Amazon Other

      PRE
      DC Government
      nobita.
      coz at the eod you are just a student, no one would blame you for blasting the business in flames.

      No one depends on you at scale

      This is true for several years after grad too.
      Aug 9, 2021
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      honne23

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      honne23
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      @Amazon this appears to be a scale-up situation so I’m forming part of the core team but you got a point
      Aug 9, 2021
  • Oracle
    BilButcher

    Go to company page Oracle

    BilButcher
    It's never too early, it's never too late to be a senior software engineer
    Aug 9, 2021 0
  • Lyft
    nay-sayer

    Go to company page Lyft

    nay-sayer
    Titles mean shit, every year title inflation makes third world countries look like stable economies. Heck, I was hired out of school as senior engineer, got a “staff” in 2 years, then became a manager. On a lateral move to another company got the title of senior manager (with actually less people in team and same responsibilities).

    So, your title only serves two things: Your ego and your CV. When I look at a CV, I look for experience description and YoE, because I’m a living case of how it is absolutely meaningless.
    Aug 9, 2021 0
  • Okay, so they pay you new grad salary and expect you to do senior work, sounds like a steal, to them.
    Aug 9, 2021 4
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      honne23

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      honne23
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      @Medallia Completely set it up
      Aug 9, 2021
    • It's still good to have the senior title on your resume. But if you are applying to FANG you are still gonna be downleveld based on your yoe regardless. A lot of smaller companies have inflated titles.
      Aug 9, 2021