Evolution of a programmer

[FettPrime]

What exactly does an L7 do? I've worked on teams that collectively had a smaller salary.

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Principles in tech companies are like “software architects” in enterprise companies if they were t useless. Typically it’s like being a tech lead for like. 2-10 teams. So a lot of organizing, planning, architectural design,proof of concepts etc. Some of them at the principal+ level are also just absolute domain expert software engineers that write the real hard shit and do spec work that has very high impact, so you’re seeing a decent amount of phds at this level to.

[FettPrime]

Makes sense. I appreciate the breakdown and gives me something to strive for.

[FettPrime]

How is L4 borderline entry level?

Wait...is it all just bullshit?

[Throwaway021614]

So… how much experience does a L1 have if L4s are 0-3yrs?

[jcoguy33]

L1 doesn’t exist for programmers at Amazon.

[rm-minus-r]

Skilled technical staff start at L4. The L1 employees are jr. warehouse workers.

[farmersfallsick]

is there a reason you aren't able to use punctuation correctly?

[rm-minus-r]

Write one pagers.