At what companies do senior SDE spend most time coding?
Aug 22, 2021
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I'm fine with designing and implementing small features myself or with 1 or 2 more people. But don't want to lead any big features or make large tech decisions. I would prefer to spend >50% time coding and 0-10% time meeting. I need at least 1 year to ramp up so don't expect to commit much in the first 6 months and want to work about 6 hours per day. Expecting TC380k-450k. Basically it's same as what I do at amazon as SDE2, reason for switch is mainly for the senior title and better benefits. Can you suggest some companies and teams?
4.5YOE 300K
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In any company (or team), if seniors are not doing coding, you need to get out of there fast. All engineers should code, staff engineers included.
All that changes with senior is the responsibility for success/failure of the architecture. You become more responsible and will have to face the heat a lot more.
Stfu and go back to being a predator.
I personally like being involved in strategy discussions, so I have gradually shifted to more meetings and less code over my career but the trade off is that I have a stronger voice in what is coded and how the systems connect.
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I hope you don't land up in G, because coasters like you are dreadful paper weights for the team. Seniors have to be hands on and lead projects end to end.