Comment by akhilcacharya

7 years ago

> Level 2s are fresh out of college; Level 3s often have master’s degrees. Getting to Level 4 takes several years, or a Ph.D.

I..don't think this is still accurate. New grad SWEs are L3's.

Yeah it's mostly accurate but drop level 1. Lowest I've seen for technical employee of any kind is 2. New grad is 3. 4 is about 2 years later. 5 is the point where you have "no expectation if advancement" and is the most common level for mid-career people.