Promotion time from sde1 to sde2 as a former intern
I’ve already had 2 internships at Amazon for a total of 6 months worked at the company. I’ll be starting full time soon as an sde1. Realistically, how long can I expect it to take to receive my promo to sde2? Should my prior experience provide a significant advantage to say a fresh new grad? I was aiming for 1.5 yrs.
1.5 years is possible and realistic if you can start doing useful things right away.
You can actually get promoted in a year if you've previously interned more than once. I got promoted to SDE2 (from SDE1) after 1.5 years after having once interned at a subsidiary (never Amazon). It's entirely dependent on your team, management (all the way to L8 directors), and projects.
Facebook promotes from E3 to E4 in one year typically, so I imagine it should be similar at Amazon?
Lol no, amzn requires a bunch more stuff like design complexity, mentorship, impact. Fb is like being independent and deliver and....bam you are promoted. Now you do the above.
When was your last internship?
Last summer