Amazon L6 PMT career advice

Jun 6, 2021 5 Comments

I am an L6 PMT at Amazon, and switched to Amazon from Microsoft back in March 2020. When I switch again in a few years, it will most likely include managing people. I want to gain sufficient people management experience at Amazon before I make that switch in 2023-24.
The question - should I take a L6 manager role or grind it out to get to L7 and then L7 manager. I have been pushing for L7 but I am not confident it'll happen in the upcoming cycle and more likely to happen in the 2022 cycle and the moving to L7 manager will probably not happen till 2023-24 and will not have the experience I need for the next switch. Also, will an internal promotion from L6 to L7 take me over 400 or what's a more realistic expectation? I am also concerned if there are very many L6 manager PMT roles since most people manager PMTs seem to be L7.

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    good_day

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    good_day
    Are you in AWS org? L6 to L7 in 2 yrs would be quite an achievement (possible but difficult). Guess you must be in a really good org and team.
    Jun 7, 2021 2
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    Lord PIP

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    Lord PIP
    Good luck trying to get an L7 PE or IC promo….. much easier to get promo as an L6 people manager….

    Slightly strange to be planning career moves based on years but I guess it’s no different than YOE
    Jun 6, 2021 0
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    qgoM66

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    qgoM66
    L6 PMT mgr - you don’t see that a lot. I wouldn’t bank on that progression. Make sure your mgr and skip know your career plan, they are your best chance of finding a good fit or developing a role for you.
    I would (and did) go the L7 route
    Jun 6, 2021 0