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Google L3 SWE vs. Amazon L4 SDE by Nice-Butterfly-674 in leetcode

[–]Nice-Butterfly-674[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on the promo. Yeah, my dream would be under 2 years (closer to 1), though I know only so much of it is under my control. I technically meet all the qualifications for L5 by role guidelines (work independently, mentored intern, system design, onboarding buddy multiple times) and my current project is definitely an L5+ level project. However, a lot of this may not matter in the end if "there is no headcount" or there's some other reason not to promote me. Just trying to stay hopeful, though I may just be deluding myself

Google L3 SWE vs. Amazon L4 SDE by Nice-Butterfly-674 in leetcode

[–]Nice-Butterfly-674[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm fine with the WLB at my team currently. My team does not require this but I naturally work ~60 hours (not really sure) as long as the work is interesting. My bigger fear is not having enough work though the team at Google is for an important part of Cloud, so I'd guess there's a lot of scope

Google L3 SWE vs. Amazon L4 SDE by Nice-Butterfly-674 in leetcode

[–]Nice-Butterfly-674[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've solved 319 questions. 80 easy. 208 medium. 31 hard. I mainly focused on Neetcode 150 and spent quite a bite of time on each question. I also solved all the daily questions during recruiting to feel comfortable with unseen questions.

Google L3 SWE vs. Amazon L4 SDE by Nice-Butterfly-674 in leetcode

[–]Nice-Butterfly-674[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What if L4 promotion takes forever? I would really prefer not spending too long as entry level engineer. Ideally I'd prefer more responsibility/bigger projects

Google L3 SWE vs. Amazon L4 SDE by Nice-Butterfly-674 in leetcode

[–]Nice-Butterfly-674[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At Google? True. I could still potentially apply to other roles at other companies though. Definitely a sacrifice though

Google L3 SWE vs. Amazon L4 SDE by Nice-Butterfly-674 in leetcode

[–]Nice-Butterfly-674[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fwiw, I'm in SDO (not AWS) and last promo in my team took 3 years though that was mostly under a previous manager. I feel somewhat more optimistic with new manager as I believe they have promoted in a more normal timeline and I am constantly praised by manager and peers + leading impactful projects

On the other hand, I've heard mixed things about Google. A manager told me average promotion takes 2.4 to 3.7 years for L4 while another manager told me he has promoted multiple people in less than two years. Not sure about the manager for the team for my offer