I am curious on having Boeing software engineer experience is good for new hire opportunities at Microsoft and Amazon. I am currently an aerospace engineer at Boeing, and trying to internally transfer to software position. It would be a career transition and almost starting from clean slate. Some folks were saying tech used at Boeing is old and may not be transferrable to companies like Amazon. However, I still think that having the software engineer on my resume would help to get a job in Big Tech. Wondering what employees at big techs think.
I got an SRE role at Microsoft after only having worked for Lockheed previously. If you have a security clearance, you're golden --- Microsoft loves cleared developers and pays bigger bonuses for them than for their non-cleared engineers. Make sure you can pass your DSA problems, and you should be OK.
Would secret clearance enough? I currently don't have any clearance but I see some internal opportunities requiring secret clearance. (No top secret clearance)
Secret clearance should be enough to get you in the door on some teams. I know they generally like TS at a minimum but if you're eligible for the upgrade, you could still get in.
It would reduce the risk somewhat. As a HM I'd basically be hiring entry level talent without software development history. Of course if as part of your work you write code and it's just the title that doesn't reflect your work then you can clarify that on your resume.
whats the pay like in Boeing ?
I think around L3 gets 150k for YOE around 5? Boeing has no RSU given. (Unless you are a senior and special)
I saw someone's post claiming he received offer for L4 and it was 180k.