My experience, at least in the valley has been there gets to a point where it’s easier to get internal promotion than hired in at that level. For example it’s e

My experience, at least in the valley has been there gets to a point where it’s easier to get internal promotion than hired in at that level. For example it’s easier to go from L6 to L7 than to get hired as L7. EDIT: You can take a quick skim through the FAANG VPE's on LinkedIn. Most were: 1) Promoted internally to VPE vs hired in at that level 2) At the company for a significant amount of time.