Re:Postmortem of my 9 year journey at Google
by lexlash on Sunday August 18, 2024 @02:40AM
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The most interesting thing is the timeline at the end, which shows what they were successful at and promoted for (management-type roles) and what happened when they tried to transition from SRE management to SWE IC (they fell back into management).
I don't see that reflected in the rest of their postmortem learning - other than them being dissatisfied with doing what they were good at / promoted for - so that kind of helps me ignore the rest of the postmortem. :)
Re:Postmortem of my 9 year journey at Google
by tickerticker on Sunday August 18, 2024 @08:58PM
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Level 1: a ton of money.
Level 2: L1 + interesting work
Level 3: L2 + intelligent co-workers
Level 4: L3 + deep skills
Level 5: L4 + mentor
Level 6: L5 + awesome network
Level 7: L6 + personal growth
Level 8: L7 + meaningful contribution
Level 9: L8 + work-life balance
Level 10: L9 + recognized SME
Timing and circumstances influence what you get....not always the same for equally talented ppl.
Making a "ton of money"....it matters because new people want to know what price is paid for exceptional comp.
And it is worth noting that a lot of the bullet point lists do start with "I made a ton of money" in as many words, which is also just not very interesting to most folks, though it is certainly very relevant and important to the writer.