I want to reach senior engineer as soon as possible so I know going to Facebook would probably be ideal for new grad. However, they don’t seem to want to interview me :/ so I’ll be returning to Amazon for my 2nd last internship. I didn’t apply to Microsoft for a SWE internship since I assumed it would be around the same level as Amazon’s resume value but am considering doing it next year.
If I’m trying to optimize for career growth is Amazon better than Microsoft? From what I’ve heard, returning Amazon new grad SDE1s can usually be promoted to SDE2 in 1-1.5 years whereas at Microsoft it might take 2 years to go from Level 60 to 61 and then 2 years to get from Level 61 to 62.
Should I leave once I’m an SDE2 at Amazon? Assuming I leave Amazon once I’m an SDE2 for Google/FB/Unicorn, it seems I’m more likely to not be downleveled to the SDE1 equivalent compared to being a level 61 at Microsoft interviewing.
Interested in any thoughts since I’m not too familiar with Microsoft promotions.
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Do you have any friends who went to seed/Series A/Series B startups? I was wondering if the growth there might be even stronger, although of course there’s more risk and less immediate high rep.
Plus, their levels are usually more inflated, and if you were to change from a smaller startup to somewhere like Lyft, you'd probably get downleveled.
Master/bachelor new grad: 59
Master/bachelor new grad with competing offer from faang: 60