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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by tannhaeuser on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @10:49PM (#34621795)
WTF is a L9 distinguished software engineer? Is it below or above L9 operating thetan? A guild navigator?
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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by packetslave on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:42AM (#34622558)
It's near the top of the individual contributor (ie. non-manager) job ladder.

L5 = senior L6 = staff L7 = senior staff L8 = principal engineer L9 = distinguished engineer L10 = fellow

None of these are titles that Google invented, btw.

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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by dekhn on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:14AM (#34627620)
yes, an L9 is roughly a guild navigator but the MKs stopped serving spice 10 years ago
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Re:Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN public records by tannhaeuser on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:29AM (#34627866)
My bad, seeing as it's roughly between chief science officer and the (less bourgeoise and more Google-ish) Lord of Sith.
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