I'm a L5, supposedly getting L6 this cycle at G. Going to interview at Dropbox for L5 soon, which according to levels.fyi is between l6 and l7 at G. Can someone tell me how many L5/6/7 engineers there are at Dropbox? Imo the cumulative distribution function is the real mapping between levels. Also, any comp ranges for L5 at dbx? Im paid low L7 comp at goog so chances are I'm wasting my time interviewing, but meh it's good to keep skills sharp.
Our stock refresh may be worse than google, something you should check with the recruiter
I had an offer there for l5. 475K and the stock is wobbly
Thanks for the comments so far. Sounds like l5 offers won't be close to enough. I guess I should say I would only take l6 and see if they still want to do the interview.
L6 is hard to get ...
Yeah Guido is only a 7 so 6 is pretty high 😀
low L7, what TC is that?
At G, you are L5 but is paid low L7?
Very common in G! The promo process in G is whack. So it’s possible that a high caliber person is stuck at 5 for too long but draws very high salary.
Not sure about very common, but it does appear your director/VP can boost your comp but has little say in promos
You won’t get 600s at Dropbox as L5 I think. Maybe 500s
What’s the M5 TC?
You are wasting time interviewing. I5 at dropbox is max 500-525. But they will surely try to sell you ic4 which is max 425