Are uplevels through job hopping hard?

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Aug 12, 2021 8 Comments

Hi SWEs of Blind, was wondering how difficult it is to get an uplevel in the more advanced stages when interviewing for another company. Ex:

Mid -> Senior
Senior -> Staff
Staff -> Principal

Assuming you come from Tier 1-3 companies.

yoe: 6
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  • Facebook
    D2227B7675

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    D2227B7675
    I went Google L3 -> startup -> Facebook E5 -> Google L6 in 8 years, never got promoted

    Probably would take about the same time to do that at FB without leaving, but would take at least 10 to do at Goog. And I wouldn't have had the chance to found a startup and run it into the ground for 2 years
    Aug 12, 2021 1
  • IBM
    POLL COP

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    POLL COP
    did it recently coming from a πŸ’© tier company. it was easy & the system design is what pushed me over the edge though
    Aug 12, 2021 0
  • Lyft
    hhdlhdkgsk

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    hhdlhdkgsk
    Looking to do this, senior to staff. Willing to go to smaller company if needed as long as offer is fair. Looking for advice and your experience doing so.
    Aug 12, 2021 2
  • Much easier to get down leveled than up leveled. Most upleveling is YOE based. If your YOE is low, than almost no chance.
    Aug 12, 2021 0
  • Apple
    nooksl

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    nooksl
    It depends but uplevel is usually hard. Google will downlevel you. Exception is when switching from no 1 or hot areas to the next tiers. AWS to Oracle. Kubernetes when it came out etc
    Aug 12, 2021 0