I have 18 years of general IT experience across: Systems (linux/windows/BSD) Cloud (azure/aws/gcp/openstack) Big Data (elastic/kafka) Security (operations & compliance), Network(cisco/brocade/SDN) Storage (VNX/Netapp/Ceph) Fullstack Of that time, most of it has been in Senior, Principal, or Lead based roles. While trying my best to guess, I have a few concerns: Each company I look at has different L levels Upon looking at Levels.fyi, I only got more confused, as it seems levels as a whole isn't universal across FAANG/Tier 1&2 type companies. I'm very interested in SRE/infra/Security type roles, any of them in a leadership capacity for sure. The largest number of sites at a given time I've lead is 192 globally, and the largest headcount DR & IDR was about 40,000, which isn't much I don't think? Additionally, what do you think or where do you think I should start, and what skillsets do I need in order to further improve my appeal?
It depends on the company. Don’t focus on levels..focus on what you are passionate about and how you can best contribute to solve business problems. Levels will follow you
This isn’t the federal government, levels and titles aren’t the same across companies
At Amazon, you probably want to pursue L5 SDE. You probably have the YOE for L6 but without working on comparably-scaled services at a FAANG+ there's a good chance they'd level you at L5 to start. L5 SDE would probably put you between 300 and 350k, more if you're in SF or NYC. We're in a hiring freeze but with your security clearance you probably qualify for a special division in AWS. They may not have the same headcount limitations. DM me and we can talk.
Sweet! I'll definitely reach out. Thank you for your time!
Tc or GTFO
Maybe level level 5.
Awesome, thank you! Also, quick question, Ramsey, as in Dave Ramsey?
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