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Re:Court rules that barring high IQs for cops is not unconst... by jeffbee on Sunday May 31, 2020 @03:41PM (#23372058)
I don’t think l6 is a good definition of typical. Only 10% of SWEs are at 6 and above. 50% are at least L5, making that the median grade, and therefore a pretty good definition of “typical”.
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Re:Court rules that barring high IQs for cops is not unconst... by joshuamorton on Sunday May 31, 2020 @04:07PM (#23372264)
That's sort of my point, L5 SWEs aren't making 500K anywhere.
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Re:Court rules that barring high IQs for cops is not unconst... by Judgmentality on Sunday May 31, 2020 @04:25PM (#23372408)
> 50% are at least L5

I don't think half of software engineers are senior or above.

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Re:Court rules that barring high IQs for cops is not unconst... by jeffbee on Sunday May 31, 2020 @05:37PM (#23372971)
At Google they are. Half are below L5, half are L5+, 10% are L6+.
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Re:Court rules that barring high IQs for cops is not unconst... by username90 on Monday June 01, 2020 @05:02AM (#23376562)
I think they are since you are senior when you have 5-10 years of experience.
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