> This is wildly inaccurate. Senior in Google is 350k, in Microsoft 260k, in Amazon 340k.
Those are averages (and probably slightly old ones at that). Mid six figures is in-range for Senior at most of those companies.
> While the ladder in Google goes up to 11, 90% of people never exceed 5 (senior).
But when do people first reach that level? Again, my point was that "lots of tech workers with Senior in their title are in fact mid-career or early mid-career." Not that everyone with the Senior title is mid-career.
Looking at Levels.fyi, and my personal experience, typically between 5 and 10 years.
Reminder: Retirement age is 65 and people graduate college around age 22. 65-22 = 43. Let's be generous and assume tech workers retire over a decade earlier than most people.
So if you become Senior with 12 yoe, that's an early mid career position. If you become Senior with 15 or even 17 yoe, that's solidly a mid career position. Even 20 yoe is mid-career if your work to 65. Looking at levels.fyi, becoming Senior with 5-10 yoe is not abnormal.
I'm not sure how you can realistically say that someone in their late 20s is "not mid-career".
Those are averages (and probably slightly old ones at that). Mid six figures is in-range for Senior at most of those companies.
> While the ladder in Google goes up to 11, 90% of people never exceed 5 (senior).
But when do people first reach that level? Again, my point was that "lots of tech workers with Senior in their title are in fact mid-career or early mid-career." Not that everyone with the Senior title is mid-career.
Looking at Levels.fyi, and my personal experience, typically between 5 and 10 years.
Reminder: Retirement age is 65 and people graduate college around age 22. 65-22 = 43. Let's be generous and assume tech workers retire over a decade earlier than most people.
So if you become Senior with 12 yoe, that's an early mid career position. If you become Senior with 15 or even 17 yoe, that's solidly a mid career position. Even 20 yoe is mid-career if your work to 65. Looking at levels.fyi, becoming Senior with 5-10 yoe is not abnormal.
I'm not sure how you can realistically say that someone in their late 20s is "not mid-career".