Time to promotion at Snap, industry hire L3
I've recently accepted an offer at Snap for an L3 position. I view myself as borderline between SDE1 and SDE2, and some of my other offers were for SDE2 equivalent positions. I went with Snap because the team was the best fit for me and I think I can learn the most, but perhaps most importantly because the L4 pay would blow the other positions out of the water. My question is how long should I expect it to take to get promoted to L4, assuming I ramp up quickly and start working at a "promotable" level ? What would be a reasonable target? I have a little under 2 years of experience, and I understand that L4's usually have 2-3 years of experience. I've also heard from a friend who works there now that the target to get promoted is working at the next level for a year. Does that mean the minimum time to a promotion would be a year? TC: ~$200k #snap #promotions
You could take a look at L4 data on levels.fyi to see how long people were at the company for
I've looked through it, and it seems like it's 2-3 years for the most part. But I didn't see many examples that seemed to be industry hire L3s. I feel that my position is that I should be able to hit the ground running and prove that I can be a great L4, so I'm wondering how long it should take from that point rather than from a new grad hire.
Expect at least a year