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Microsoft pays employees based on level. My manager does make more than I do, but that’s because they’re a higher level, not because they’re a manager.
by hawaiianbrah 7y ago
Microsoft pays employees based on level. My manager does make more than I do, but that’s because they’re a higher level, not because they’re a manager.
- irq11 7y agoYes, at perhaps five of the world’s most elite software companies, they have pay tiers that theoretically scale with experience. Setting aside the fact that most companies don’t have this, here’s a protip: count the number of engineers at each tier. People don’t get automatically promoted to l7 just because they spent years grunting at l6. It scales with impact, and opportunities for impact as an IC are fewer and farther between than for managers.
- ganstyles 7y agoFacebook is the same. Transition to management, make the same pay per level. It's less about moving for money and more about moving to what skillset you prefer to use, which I really like.
- tehlike 7y agoIsh. There is a ceiling to an ic. Sr dr ic level(distinguished) is probably it, while an em can go up to svp level. Let's not kid ourselves, the ladders are never equal, and a senior ic level doesnt translate well to another company. After l7 and above, the skillset is only mostly recognized within the company.