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Principal at Amazon is the first level above senior software engineer, so closer to staff than principal at Google/Facebook. It isn't a particularly uncommon le
by username90 6y ago
Principal at Amazon is the first level above senior software engineer, so closer to staff than principal at Google/Facebook. It isn't a particularly uncommon level to reach at Facebook or Google.
- amzn-throw 6y agoPrincipals at Amazon are 1.8% of the SDE population, so no, the comparison to "Staff" engineer is unfounded.
- username90 6y agoAmazon is just more stingy with promotions.
- amzn-throw 6y agoYes, and so their "staff" engineers stay Sr. Engineers. Isn't that the same point I made?