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Is Google an up or out company? That is, if you don't get a promotion in a certain number of years, you will be encouraged to leave? That would encourage maki
by JJMcJ 4y ago
Is Google an up or out company?
That is, if you don't get a promotion in a certain number of years, you will be encouraged to leave?
That would encourage making projects more complex than they need to be, to get that promotion.
- aix1 4y agoFor software engineers, the expectation is to get to L4 eventually (new grads get hired at L3). I've not seen any concrete guidance on what "eventually" means in this context. This used to be L5 until a few years back.
- JJMcJ 4y agoSo if they make one promotion, they are OK indefinitely?
- aix1 4y agoThey have to continue meeting the requirements of their level (in this case L4) but there's no expectation of growth beyond that level. Even the old system, where there was a formal expectation for every SWE to grow to L5, wasn't uniformly enforced. One person I know joined as an L4 SWE twelve or so years ago; they're still an L4 SWE.