Got an offer for SDE 1 with 7+ YOE. Is it worth asking the manager during team matching to get SDE 2?
It wont work. At Amazon, you are matched based on how you did in your interview. The HM will not go against the loop and get you to SDE2. You are entitled to reject the offer and reappear for SDE2 loop. There may be a lockout period for you to reappear. Good luck
Externally hired SDE2 means you’re better than 50% of the SDE2s in the team. If you can prove that, go ahead. If not, try instead asking the HM if there’re projects for you in the team that take you to the next level. I got promoted from SDE 1 to 2 in 10 months.
How many of years of experience did you have going in as SDE1?
What effort did you make to get promotion? Any tip @Amazon?
7 yoe ar SDE 1? Something went wrong. Dont take it.
Don’t take it no matter what. You will hate yourself
Whats the offer? Location?
Don't have numbers yet. Location - Seattle
Don’t accept it. The HRs are shit. If they need SDE2s they will even hire SDE1s level people as SDE2. Probably this time they just need SDE1 hence offering you this position. This has happened in India location during hiring freeze, where they hired 3 yr experienced SDE2 from outside while the SDE1s inside were not promoted even after having 4 YOE. Even if you join there you will stay frustrated as other people with 7YOE will be getting promoted to SDE3s and you will be accompanied by college grads.
A lot of you guys don't understand just how useless years of experience can be especially outside of FANG. Not saying anything about OP but personally my first 3 years of experience were spent on 2 CRUD apps where I simply warmed a chair most days. The next 5 years were spent doing the equivalent of shoveling coal but got to be fully remote. Just pure Java development but with no real scale. Personally I'm thinking of shooting for an SDE I offer myself just to get into FANG and actually take my career seriously for a few years. It'd still be a 50+% pay increase.
It all depends. You can easily end up in poor teams in FAANG itself that will slow down your growth further. FAANG is not a criteria for success and being serious in career.
What was the hiring committee smoking when they extended the offer to you? Is 7yoe unrelated to what you’ll be doing?
No, I'm still a Senior developer at my current company. I think my LP answers could've been better.
That would be career suicide. Don't do it
Don’t take it. Not worth it.
Why not?