Got offers as a staff engineer from a couple unicorns and public companies like Affirm and Pinterest. Surprised to see this as I was assuming I would only qualify for senior L4 at Google 7 yoe BS from Stanford
Where are you going?
Doing interfiew with Meta as senior. I think Meta pays more than Pinterest Staff, which is the highest offer so far
You forgot the most important thing.
PP size? Skin color?
Current TC
Most companies start staff at 7-8 years. So if you interview well and come from a name brand company like Google - staff is the minimum you should expect
A staff / principal can be equivalent to L4 at Google. A startup founder wouldn’t be hired as an Exec or the CEO of Google cloud… Google decides your level based on the interview performance.
You are getting Staff bcoz of Stanford.
Same feeling here, I’ve seen other L4 Googlers not even get a job in months.
Wait Pinterest staff is lower than meta senior now?
L4 at Google is at best low L5 at Amazon. Google inflates titles (pay is great but responsibility wise lower than Amazon and Meta)
Congrats
Have staff interview at Affirm. Can you please tell me how was the process ?
If ya interview well and have the right YoE :shrug: