Hi guys! I’m currently an SDE1 at Amazon, with 1+ YoE. Didn’t get along well with manager and took a leave for a while because of personal/family issue so not seeing a promo in a short future. I interviewed with Meta and because of my YoE is < 2 years they didn’t gave me the chance to try the system design round. So I only got an IC3 level with 30k TC raise from my current role. I have a friend telling me that don’t jump to the same level and waste the 1+ year already spent(he used the word “career suicide”), and it is competitive in Meta so it can take another 2 years to get to IC4. (Not sure if it is accurate tho I thought it would take 0.5 to 1.5 yrs). I am also interviewing with Microsoft and may have the chance to get the SDE2 role but TC will be similar with Meta IC3. And also got some SDE2 packages at other places like Yelp, Sap and Oracle but they are not paying more than my current role. What should I choose? TC: 150k #tech #meta #amazon #microsoft Thanks in advance!
You can easily get an E4 promo at meta within one half.
Glad to hear it
its not career suicide if you can land the meta job, but if you leave meta again quick there will be hard to answer questions in future interviews.
That’s true😥I’ll try to survive for a longer time. Hope meta is slightly less stressful than Amazon. I got a lot of pressure and politics here…
Most of the responses here are primarily optimizing for career growth. That’s what your original post conveys that you’re most worried about. If you’re worried about pressure and WLB don’t join Meta. It’ll be worse than at Amazon.
Yeah if you don’t get along with your manager then there is little chance you get the promo in a year at Amazon. Or maybe in 2 years. I know a guy stayed 4 years as l4.
Wow I’m curious how he lasted this long without getting PIPed…
He transferred teams 1-2 times probably. Then he transferred to my sister team, waited a year then got promoted. You can’t do instant promo after transfer
You said IC. Is this IC track instead of ICT track?
Yeah I think it’s different from Apple ICT, IC3 might be the new name for Meta E3(and recruiter used IC instead of E in phone calls so I’m using it too)
Yes, IC3 and E3 are the same thing.
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Meta is the place where people get promoted the fastest. But even if you got delayed by that one year, "career suicide" sounds far too dramatic.
Thanks! I felt anxious after the conversion with him but much better now after seeing your reply:)