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Be concerned. Very concerned. If you try to change jobs, you will realize, to your chagrin, that your interviewers will typically have no clue how to evaluate t
by rmk 4y ago
Be concerned. Very concerned. If you try to change jobs, you will realize, to your chagrin, that your interviewers will typically have no clue how to evaluate the work you've done over the years (unless you have been doing full-stack web dev or something in that neighborhood, or have been working in cloud-native technologies, AWS, Azure, or GCP). Definitely be prepared to be downleveled and paid far less than your experience would suggest.
There is zero value attached to experience if you are IC in this industry. Do not be fooled by words, look at the actions of the recruiters, hiring managers and interviewers.
BTW, you had better grind leetcode. Even ops jobs are asking people to do algorithmic problem solving type questions nowadays.
- bradknowles 4y agoSpeaking as an IC at AWS, I'm in the Support Engineer role and not SDE, but I can tell you that leetcode won't help you get hired in our org. Yes, the SDEs do some coding as part of the interview, but leetcode won't help with that part. You can still do leetcode if you think that doing so helps you practice, and will help you do well in the face of "No plan survives contact with the enemy" type situations. But don't bet your career on leetcode.