Comment by zeroonetwothree
2 years ago
It’s true but for most people in practice they won’t make it to L8 either as IC or manager so it’s really more a question or do you want to finish your career as an L6 IC or manager.
2 years ago
It’s true but for most people in practice they won’t make it to L8 either as IC or manager so it’s really more a question or do you want to finish your career as an L6 IC or manager.
Most people can get to L7 by mid 40s if not sooner. People who don't progress seem to do it based on choice (want less responsibility, unwilling to change teams to find more opportunities, etc). Careers don't end in people's 30s.
I’m sorry, but that comment is absurd. MOST people can make it to L7 in their mid 40s? Most people can’t even get in the door at entry-level trying their very hardest, hard-stop-period.
"Most people"?
So if you start with a population of 100,000 employees at entry level, after a few years "most" of them will end up as L7?
That does not make any sense. Senior is the terminal band for "most".
If there is any random variability in promotion guidelines or policies or even process, then the probability of advancing from level N to level N+1 approaches one over time. For many typical corporations, the policies change often enough that you will get promoted quite a bit higher than you intended, assuming of course you do your job, ensure that your work is useful, and get along with people reasonably well.
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