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		seanmcdirmid on Feb 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google layoffs Jan 20, 2023 – California WARN publ... If you want confusing, Microsoft starts almost all devs out as level 62. Like, what about the 61 levels below that?

chihuahua on Feb 2, 2023 [–]

It used to be that new hires are L59. 59..60 is SDE, 61..62=SDE2. That still left the question about levels 58 and below.

jaredsohn on Feb 2, 2023 | [–]

Someone addressed this on Quora: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-jobs-start-at-Level-59-at-Micro...

Says that levels start around 50 but those lower numbers are for non-engineers. Not clear to me why it doesn't just start at 1 though.

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