Is Amazon L7 even attainable?

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woco89

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woco89
Mar 26, 2021 96 Comments

L6 is considered the career level, so what kind of monster engineer do you need to be to get to L7? Is it even a realistic goal at this point?

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  • Amazon / Eng
    IlllIllllI

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    IlllIllllI
    L8 AND L10 are the near impossible levels
    Mar 26, 2021 9
  • Amazon hiring at L7 role is pathetic
    Internal promotions generally given only to loooooooooooong timers in the company
    Mar 26, 2021 3
    • Amazon
      peanuts🥜🥜

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      peanuts🥜🥜
      Stop being so salty. You can’t get 3 promotions by being an idiot lol
      Apr 19, 2021
    • Epic / Data
      🚀1979

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      🚀1979
      I'm not salty, I doubled my TC by leaving that hellhole

      And yeah you can. Look at the Slapshot team, HULK, and many other retail org internal tooling teams. All propped up by idiots - many being L6/L7 and spent their entire career in the same team
      Apr 19, 2021
  • Amazon / Eng
    eos$block

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    eos$block
    I promoted to L7 in this Q, while it’s very much possible in a short period(~4) but I’d say not so common.

    A lot of time, your team matters or the service. I’m covering one of the new AWS services in the analytics space. So the opportunities were there, growth was there, recognition was there. If you become the key player for any new service and if the service becomes a hot one, you get more visibility at L7 and L8 level.
    Mar 27, 2021 14
    • Amazon
      cesium55

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      cesium55
      Wow that sucks. I always thought it would be great to be an L7 at amazon vs most other companies since most L7s I know are remote, but not if they’re going to shaft you with pay
      May 9, 2021
    • Amazon / Eng
      eosBlock7$

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      eosBlock7$
      There are few pros: influences and impacts across multiple orgs and you get respect (most of the time)

      But nothing justifies the TC, it’s not motivating at all.

      I thought Amazon pays PE really well, still it is but you have to wait…

      My cliff and promotion happened at the same time, so probably that’s why the diff was so huge even after promo.
      May 9, 2021
  • Amazon / Eng
    IlllIllllI

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    IlllIllllI
    I'm interviewing for Google L6 in a few weeks, that's the same as Amazon L7, I know several L7 engineers at Amazon, very doable
    Mar 26, 2021 2
  • IBM
    Keycaps

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    Keycaps
    Getting to L6 is even hard, most won't make it.
    Mar 27, 2021 11