Currently an EM (actively doing IC work) with 10 YOE at 5 startups. I've worked for the same 3 bosses, so I've not needed a resume in a long time. After seeing all of the crazy TC posts on here, I decided apply to EM/Staff SWE roles at public/soon-to-be public companies. Resumes v1 and v2 got me nothing but rejections. The video below helped be create v3.x.x, which had a 70% interview rate. Tailoring the resume for the job, like suggested in the video, is why I moved to semantic versioning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYUy1yvjHxE v3.x.x Results Meta, 👍 EM Google, 👍 Staff SWE (Likely would be down leveled like my referrer) Coinbase, 👍 Staff Snowflake, 👍 EM Box, 👍 Staff Stripe, 👍 Staff Linkedin, 👍 Staff Shopify, 👎 Tech Lead Dropbox, 👎 Senior SWE...really dropbox...(I had a very strong referral) Netflix, no replay to applications I would have applied to more, but Coinbase moved quickly and I like the space. Old TC: 200, Options New TC: 237, 400, 15% #engineering #resume #swe
Did coinbase downlevel?
No, M1 and Staff (IC6) get the same TC.
Did you get referrals before you applied? Or just go onto their website and apply with the new version?
In general I reached out first. Usually got an email with a link to apply. This would make sure my apps and referrals were linked.