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> people above senior engineer (lead, principal, etc) And how many of those are there relative the general software engineering population?
by mdorazio 3y ago
> people above senior engineer (lead, principal, etc)
And how many of those are there relative the general software engineering population?
- TheCoelacanth 3y agoI think a majority of people with 15+ years of experience are at that level. Only the really talented and/or ambitious move up to that level quickly, but most people do make it to a lead level given enough time.
- scarface_74 3y agoBecause of both poor career choices and later path dependencies, I did the move up in enterprise dev grind until three years ago. Why would I tell my younger family to grind for 15 years instead of “grind LeetCode and work for a FAANG (tm r/cscareerquestions) and start out making in the mid 150s and in three years end up in the mid 200s?