MS/BS + 4 yoe - is Staff Eng possible at FLAG type companies (e.g. Airbnb, Uber, Snowflake etc.)
You know you are not staff and you know it’s not possible - why asking? 8yoe, wanna be ceo, but no one is hiring.
What have you done in your 4 years of work? Are you TL of a big-ish team (10 SWEs) and setting the direction/roadmap? Are you staff or high senior? If no, no chance.
Friend... Take a breather, a drink of cold water and a reality check. 4 yoe.... Seriously. You should be thankful to be offered Senior Software Engineer
If I was on the panel I would not hire you as a senior eng for Reddit, doesn’t matter if you worked at Google or not. You can be super smart but you are not experienced enough to be senior, we have plenty of talent who got promoted too quickly internally. Big f problem at Reddit.
Reddit has a maximum IQ requirement based on the quality of your engineering. You wouldn't want someone to actually make the video player work after all.
It’s easier to do it when your company makes 100x more money, we are not tier 1, and we don’t have as many people are square. Maybe you should be a ceo.
Senior is a push at most big dog companies
Totally and you should shoot for L7
You think? OP has a MS, so that maybe a downlevel...
General rule of thumb... If you can count your years of experience without the use of your toes, you probably don't have enough. If you can on One hand I would consult a Dr for delusions and how to treat them.
nope, u need more exp