Saw them on levels.fyi - what implications does that title have on the way the company runs?
It becomes self evident after you read the culture deck. Essentially, they want people to put the company first instead of keeping oneself first.
1. ICs can stop chasing titles. 2. Opinions are evaluated on their merit rather than the title of the person offering them.
Everything I’ve gathered is they want a flat structure, and they want everyone’s voice to hold equal weight regardless of role. Issues with that, how do you grow as a SWE when mentoring juniors is a critical component of being a leader? A good engineering culture will listen to an engineer’s opinions regardless of seniority. A bad engineering culture will still have ingrained biases against less experienced engineers regardless of their title. I really am interested in hearing what Netflix employees think of the flat structure. Does it work? Is the engineering culture better for it? Or do the same exact political issues show up despite it?
We don't have juniors to mentor. You are supposed to show up on day 1 and know your shit. If you can't work independently, you are not a keeper.
I’m saying, don’t you, as a senior, feel like you’re missing out on mentorship opportunities? At most companies, that interaction between juniors and seniors is an important aspect of how effective a leader that senior can be.
I think that reduces the rat race