*Using friends account. I am a L5a Uber engineer with 10yoe. Making around 1.1cr with base 62. I have two offers one is from Amazon L6 1.7+cr and Google L6 1.6cr I am not chasing TC rather I want to learn leadership. What I have seen Amazon L6 can give me more exposure of ownership and can make me a better leader for future. Reaching out to fellow industry mates for help. #Amazon #sde3 #staff #Google #leadership.
If you aren't worried about WLB then go for Amazon. Regardless of the team an L6 at Amazon has a wide scope of responsibilities and hence it will definitely effect your WLB. So dont believe folks who say depends on the team, for L6 it's constant everywhere.
Google, You seem to have worked in Amazon, have salaries changed that much now?
Google L6 is more senior position than Amazon L6. I’ve worked with plenty of L6 engineers at Amazon and how much leadership opportunities you get depends on the org and team. Sometimes one SDM has multiple L6 under them, while sometimes the entire org has a few L6 SDEs. Just check what kind of structure your team has and how senior you would be. Now I’ve heard from friends that L5 is a terminal level for a lot of folks at Google and promotion to L6 is a big deal. Also Google L6 roughly maps to an Amazon L7. So personally, I would chose google L6. The delta of 10 lakhs won’t be significant.
Plus Amazon is way more desperate to hire than Google. If you go to Google now and don’t like it there, shifting to Amazon will be easier than the other way round. Of course, this is again subjective and no one can predict how the hiring scenario will be in a couple of years.
Thanks. I am not looking for TC here. Google L6 looks like a tech lead position to me. Where as Amazon L6, I found to be more of a Architect role. Where I can get opportunities for making decisions on tech roadmaps. Is my understanding correct.
Go for Google dude. Even kids with less than 5 yoe are getting amazon L6 nowadays. Google L6 is tough nut to crack.
Thanks for the input.
Not externally but yeah internally a lot of my friends who graduated in 2017 became L6 this March.
Amazons pitched in, lol. I was expecting that.
Google L6, but highly team dependent
Google L5 == Amazon L6, Google L6 == Amazon L7(from max TC range perspective). Google L6 top of the band TC is much much higher than Amazon, so that is good from long term perspective. G L6 is also more prestigious. I would pick G L6 rather than Amazon L6. Also work wise, if you go to AWS @ Amazon, you will be 60% SRE and 40% SDE.
Isn’t Google L6 > Amazon L6? Should be a straight forward choice. Also google is low balling. Ask for 2 Cr min.
Google L6 is generally viewed as more senior role than Amazon L6. But again, if you are willing to put in the extra hrs Amazon may be a better choice in some teams. The real leadership starts from L7 at Amazon these days as L6 is no more a coveted position like used to be 10yrs back. P.S Former Amazonian
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Amazon L6, what? 1.7cr? That's Amazon L7 offer.
How much stock appreciation and cash is baked in this 1.7 cr
5% only stocks for the 1st year. Umm Amazon L7 is about 2.2cr+ what I know.