Can you hop every 2-3 years and get a promo? Why isn’t every 12yoe an L7 then? What are some things y’all recommend to NOT do for good career progression? Thanks!
Move if you get L+1 or L+2, otherwise don’t.
Works until L6
Sr to principal level takes longer. Some people don’t have what it takes, others don’t want to, a third moved onto other things
My top 3 things to avoid if you want career growth: 1. Not being intentional about your career - it's totally fine to be opportunistic, but you have to have an opinion on why you are joining a particular company, or role, or project, or which city/country, or which technologies. 2. Assume that your technical skills are enough - senior engineering roles require abilities in communication, project management, and lots of other soft skills. Yes, sometimes even office politics. 3. Being too impatient - job hopping frequently is only one symptom of impatience, it could be changing teams / roles / technologies prematurely. It's a judgment call, but most of these require some time to develop any expertise and for rewards to come in. Changing jobs every 2-3 years seems ok, but too may stints under 1 year would rule you out for many senior roles. It's a nuanced topic - I made a short video and mini blog post about it here if you are interested - https://swepro.co/2021-04-10-avoid-these-3-pitfalls-for-career-growth.html
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I mean worst case after 3 yrs.