Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level
by nostrademons on Monday January 06, 2020 @12:59PM
(#21971304)
Does up-leveling happen too? If you were senior or staff at Google, can you get a Principal job at a smaller growth company?
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level
by throwawaymath on Monday January 06, 2020 @01:45PM
(#21971795)
Yes. That's really common when someone very senior at a FAANG wants to achieve a greater level of autonomy and "impact". Once you hit L5/L6 at Google/Facebook (or equivalent elsewhere), the promotion rate slows down quite a lot. So one option to continue career growth is to jump ship for a smaller (but promising) tech company in exchange for more responsibility and a title increase.