Hello Blind, I am currently an L6 SDE at Amazon. I work on a great team in Alexa, good coworkers, acceptable WLB, interesting problems, 99% remote, great influence with my leaders and a path to L7. I've been with company since 2017 and have been riding some good stock growth for some inflated TC. Now with the downturn of the economy and the stagnant stock price, TC isn't as shiny as it once was. So my question is what would you do? I have a great career path at Amazon and have little complaints about my team. I don't want to risk jumping to another company and decreasing quality of life for more comp. Do I try and transition to SDM for a TC bump? I live in New England and have had recruiters reaching out from local teams. Of those I'm most interested in Google or Datadog. But also completely open to any remote suggestions. I've had experiences in AWS, and both Commercial/Enterprise devices in my career so I'm not particularly boxed into any one type of company. TC: 290K this year Projected 285k in 2023 9 YoE
If you interview well, you can definitely get offers in 500K range
Even in the current market environment?
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I would say stay as an sde since you have a path to L7 - sdm is a lot more work and a lot of that is annoying work
Pipping people is just annoying for you đ¤
how far is L7? I'd stick and get it unless you can get an offer for L7 elsewhere with better TC. if next position is same level then you risk resetting your progress to next promo
L7 is probably still 2 years away.
Donât chase the money if you have everything else but doesnât hurt to apply and get a quote on the new TC
It's very hard to complain about TC in this economy and in comparison to non-tech workforce. My partner is advocating for staying at Amazon since work life is amazing and TC is enough for now. But looking forward it doesn't feel like the TC is high enough to meet savings goals and eventually raise children.
What was TC pre-stock drop?
Last year's PCS target was $350 for 2022.
Same position as you. Donât switch to SDM if youâre committed to PE path. Interview externally in parallel and do side hustles with your extra time. Honestly the TC isnât bad if you consider your WLB, blind will tell you otherwise
So get offers and get Amazon to match, if you are really on path to L7 dive and save may still happen in this environment.
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Same country?
That is kind of my point. đ Feels like trying to grind out Amazon isn't worth it anymore. Maybe I'll practice interviewing until PCS and make a decision seeing if there is any corrections there (hard doubt).