L5 here. I see no path to Staff or better. Not unless I get really lucky for a solid 2 years and Lyft gets it $h1t together. I really don't want to be a manager. I am on the spectrum and the entire concept of social @$$ kissing irritates me. What to do? Lateral to PM? Be a code monkey for eternity. TC 270k after Lyft stock $h1t the bed. 7 YoE
Won't say Amazon uplevel you to Staff if you interview well?
1. Amazon bands are very wide, they don't have staff. It's principal or nothing. 2. Amazon downlevels by policy, not up levels
What are you talking about? Amazon absolutely has an L6 level and they routinely uplevel.