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Re:‘Spiderman’ Hacker Daniel Kaye Took Down Liberia’s Internet by edm0nd on Friday December 20, 2019 @01:14PM (#21846157)
For us non-FANG ppl, what does L5-L8 mean? Are those cybersec job role classifications?
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Re:‘Spiderman’ Hacker Daniel Kaye Took Down Liberia’s Internet by maxvu on Friday December 20, 2019 @01:24PM (#21846263)
I think https://www.levels.fyi/ gives these classifications.
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Re:‘Spiderman’ Hacker Daniel Kaye Took Down Liberia’s Internet by mmahemoff on Friday December 20, 2019 @01:23PM (#21846252)
Here is Google's career ladder for software engineers: https://codingrelic.geekhold.com/2018/08/google-software-eng...

Your typical engineer with relevant education and 5 years of experience is probably about L4/5.

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Re:‘Spiderman’ Hacker Daniel Kaye Took Down Liberia’s Internet by danellis on Friday December 20, 2019 @01:48PM (#21846463)
Even if he did get in, it seems unlikely that he'd be able progress beyond L5, after which leadership becomes more important.
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Re:‘Spiderman’ Hacker Daniel Kaye Took Down Liberia’s Internet by tartoran on Friday December 20, 2019 @01:17PM (#21846190)
I think the OP refers to Level 5 to Level 8 but I don't know what they mean either.
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