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I see few posts that sde2 converted to sdm(L5) and saw few L5 sdm as well. But how about scientist? Do they have L5 applied scientist manager as well? Edit Im not looking for (of course) the transition to AS nor ASM. Just wondering about how it works for scientist family Tc 270 sde2, sf
The role exists but is rarely used. I think I saw 2 or 3 L5 ASMs in my 5 years at Amazon. Some orgs have a no-L5 ASMs policy now too.
Do you know why is it rare? Or is it just because AS IC prefers more to be IC ?
Most ASs start out of PhD programs as L5s, there are few L4 ASs around to managr. And many industry hires come in as L6s. An L5 ASM is going to be very limited in terms of who they can manage and hire, and most L5s will prefer to report to an L6 anyway. And AS teams don't tend to have as much substructure and need larger team managers-of-managers, etc. Often times, you might see an L6 AS managing one or two more junior scientists and an intern.
AS is a different job family from SDE. You won't transfer from SDE 2 to AS Manager. You can grow within your vertical, or in some cases, cross function (eg. TPM -> SDM). SDE and AS are not exactly cross functional - different skills needed for both.
Im talking about the case AS2 IC to L5 ASM