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Re:Panic at the Job Market by titanomachy on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @03:11PM (#40989284)
> I think that there’s at least an order of magnitude more “happy L5s” older than 40 at FAANGs

This doesn't match my experience. Can you say which FAANGs?

I think in a healthy company it should be true, but my org at Google (~50 engineers) had one 40+ L5. He told me he was frustrated after repeatedly being passed for L6 promo, and he retired at 45.

The L7+ people (my managers and directors, as well as the org staff+ engineers) were all over 40.

I didn't interact much with principal/distinguished engineers, but I think even L7 is pushing 7 figures nowadays.

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Re:Panic at the Job Market by ivanech on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @03:44PM (#40989581)
Ha! I was thinking of Google specifically. I imagine it varies significantly then. Maybe 40+ L5 is not an OOM more common than 7, but L5 + L6 I think safely is. Agreed on L7 pay, very doable.
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Re:Panic at the Job Market by titanomachy on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @04:23PM (#40989986)
Yeah I knew a decent number of people happily parked at L6 for sure.
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