Being L3 is awesome. All work is scoped out for me. I get a nice doc that says exactly what I need to do, sometimes even down to the line number. No one ever asks for my help, or asks me to review their code. I only have my 2 team meetings every week. I can push back deadlines arbitrarily and no one gets upset. No VP/director level visibility. No XFN/politics. All this for 220k TC. I'd be happy making 220k for this amount of work for the rest of my career. Sadly L3 is not terminal level so I will be forced to "improve" and become L4 or get fired.
lol your manager is lucky for having you!
Sarcasm?
And the team members too!
Lol you can’t have the benefits for too long. Everything comes with a cost. How ever job hop L3 to L3. 2-3 years x 10 companies = 30 years of your career.
After a certain amount of years of experience, companies are not going to keep considering you for L3. They'll decide to consider you for a higher level and then just reject you if you don't meet the bar, rather than downleveling you to that extent
Just prune resume history
I’m supposed to be up for promotion to L5 next cycle and now that it’s here I keep on thinking about if I actually want it
You must otherwise you get managed out at L4 in about 3 years max.
Lol there are definitely people who've been L4 a lot longer than 3 years
What is terminal level in google
4
At L3 you are an investment, but if you’re an investment that never pays off then good luck keeping that job
L4 is terminal?
At L4 your brain will revolt in a few years!
Wth L3 coasters?
😂
I’m up for staff soon, and I’m like, I already make 350k TC, what am I trying to move up for?
Prestige on blind
Staff here... Sometimes I wish I was Sr or mid engineer. Coding problems are easy problems...
When I am managing L3 if they do not show clear signs of progressively taking on larger responsibility, requiring less and less supervision within 18 months then it’s a red flag. I would rather hire another L3 who is motivated to grow than keep a rest and vest kind of person around.
18 months is a long time! I’ve only been here 6 months
18 months is long enough to add ex-googler tag and join some startup as senior engineer and continue this cycle. 😆
This is exactly how you're going to change L3 forever. Boasting about it. They'll change it cuz of people like you.
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Isn’t L5 the terminal level?
No, they changed it to L4 a few years back
All these terminal levels are bullshit. It's not long before someone sees you as excess fat and decides to lay you off. These are not govt jobs. Keep grinding.