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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by vishnugupta on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:38PM (#31784004)
> L7 (a role used to be considered almost impossible to reach)

I can attest to this; worked there from mid 2000s to early 2010s. Principle Engineers, L7 ICs, were looked up as Gods back then. To an extent that a couple of projects by an L5 where it went through principal-review process was almost guaranteed to get them a promotion to L6. Back when I was there I thought pulling off L5-L6 required crazy work schedule (I couldn't so didn't) and L7 was well and truly beyond mortals.

But now I hear they are doling out L7s like candy as they are getting increasingly desperate to fill their open head counts. How times change!

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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by Firmwarrior on Friday June 17, 2022 @05:11PM (#31784424)
Man, I worked at Amazon in the early 2010s, and I remember I was an L something and proud of it, but thought I'd never make it to L whatever. It was such a huge deal and a huge part of my life, and now I can't even remember which number it was.. I wish I'd spent less time working and more time doing stuff I cared about
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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by the_biot on Friday June 17, 2022 @07:30PM (#31785807)
At least you picked up some life wisdom along the way.
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Re:Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of pe... by jhugo on Saturday June 18, 2022 @04:24AM (#31788149)
They should teach this lesson at school, but instead they reinforce the opposite.
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