How long does it take to be promoted to E6 level when I join at E5 level at Facebook? What's the expectations for E5 and E6?
You can get promoted in one half but on the other hand for >50% of eng this promo will never happen.
One half is impossible. 2 half's is earliest, typically 4 halfs is good
One half is possible and happened multiple times. It’s very very uncommon though and mostly result of gross hire mislevelling (E6/E7 coming in as E4 and getting promo every half)
what about e4 to e5?
Not everyone has what it takes to get to E6. Vast majority of E5 stay at that level forever. I'd say if you do get promoted, on average it would take 2 years.
Also, requirements for E6 are much higher than for E5 and you have to continuously meet those once you get promoted. It can be hard.
Can you provide some generic examples of these requirements that an E6 faces but not an E5 ?
Sure. E6 requires that you're technically very strong but also requires leadership capabilities. For example you're expected to find areas for impact and creating more work for other people on the team. You're pretty much held accountable for the success of failure of your team. You're expected to set a technical direction of your team. You're expected to do cross-org or even cross-company impact On E5 you can stay just by being an awesome engineer. It doesn't require any tech lead, mentoring, x-org and other stuff
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