I’m coming in to AMZN as an SDE 1. My goal is to eventually move to Twitch with a competitive TC. Is this process/timeline a good way of approaching this:
1. Stay on my team for ~2 years until I get promoted to SDE 2
2. Leave and boomerang back for a competitive TC within 6 months without needing to reinterview.
3. Apply to internally transfer to Twitch as a SDE 2. Requires a normal loop similar to external hires.
My understanding is that getting promoted internally results in a small increase in TC to the new level, so I will go from top of SDE 1 band to bottom of SDE 2 band. By boomeranging, I will be able to get a competitive offer instead. I also will not need to reinterview if I return to my old team within 6 months, but will need to go from AMZN to Twitch since they have their own loops.
Is this approach reasonable or should I just try to transfer to Twitch asap as a SDE 1 if that is my goal? I’m currently in cooldown period from getting rejected after their on-site.
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Join Amazon. Work on your team for a year (or less, it's pretty easy to switch internally). Join Twitch unless you're on the brink of promo. Pursue your L4->L5 promo at Twitch.
Ex: if it takes 2 years to go L4 to L5, then if I switch after 1 year then it’ll take 2 years from the time I start at the new team, and overall 3 years to go to L5?
The reason to boomerang was to keep a competitive TC since im assuming because twitch is owned by Amazon it wouldn’t be an external offer and TC would stagger