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Yeah, if you keep your leetcode skills sharp and study to game the "design" interviews, you can get a job at a competing company instead of playing the depressi
by amznthrowaway5 7y ago
Yeah, if you keep your leetcode skills sharp and study to game the "design" interviews, you can get a job at a competing company instead of playing the depressing political game. As a bonus you'll make significantly more than internal promos.
- usaar333 7y agoMaybe up to senior levels (say T5). At some point, it becomes difficult to even keep your level, much less advance it. All said, I likewise would find it difficult as OP to work at a large company where local incentives can be so misaligned to the company's. Hence, the advantage of working at start-ups.
- tome 7y agoT5? On what scale is that? And where does it compare on https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Apple,Amazon,Google,Facebook,Microsoft&track=Software%20Engineer https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Apple,Amazon,Google,Facebook...
- amznthrowaway5 7y agoL5 (Senior SWE) at Google, the position Michael was trying to get in the blog post.
- programmertote 7y agoA bit tangential, but wanted to ask if there's any pointer to learn/study how to best answer "design" interviews? Thank you!
- usaar333 7y agoGoogle around for tips. I found practice interviews on interviewing.io very useful