I have recently got promoted to SDE 2 in Amazon and is figuring out if it is a good time to move to Facebook or Google at same level now or should i keep trying for SDE 3 in Amazon only? My TC is 150K and YOE is around 5 years now (2 years in Amazon and 3 years in India) Can someone tells some pros and cons for each?
TC 150k at SDE 2? Which location?
Location is Seattle
Stay if you think you can get to sde3 in a few years.
This. If you have momentum to get to SDE3 you should keep it up and get that before jumping.
That TC sucks for sde2. Hop to another company for more money and go back to Amazon later if you want. Its easier to get hired as an SDE3 than to get promoted at Amazon.
I heard it's the other way around. Harder to get hired as SDE3 than promoting from within.
What was your sde1 salary?
Move from sde2 to sde3 is a big jump in Amazon. It approx takes around 3 years and in that period lot of things can change like new manager etc. Amazon has very high attrition rate and couple with the ass licking you have to do for sde3. I would say it's not worth it. I moved from Amazon when I got sde2 and now I am already sde3 equivalent in G in 2 years and making very good progress towards principal enginner
Which Visa do you have?
Of course! After any promotion always go for level+1 in another company. As a newly minted sde2 you’re at least an E5 at google. [sarcasm]
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Thanks for asking. Updated the question.