I see people on LinkedIn with just 5-6 yrs of experience getting Principal Software Engineer positions and getting senior principal in couple more years. When I checked levels.fyi/Glassdoor I see the TC is like G8/G10 (around 200K for senior principal). What am I missing here ?
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it's called title inflation
There's Manager II
I heard they pay less
The role mapping after the merger boosted everyone up by a level. New grads used to get Senior titles. I think they are fixing it now.
Principal Engineer at Dell is like mid level developer . Senior developer is more like senior principal.
Short answer yes