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by throwaway7230 3266 days ago
Apple has a frustrating system for individual contributors where you can get promoted pretty quickly up until level 4, but then it stops. In order to get any kind of raise beyond that (level 5) you need to be pretty much a wizard with godlike job performance. Basically there is no career path past level 4 for most mortals, unless you want to go into management, which is also a difficult chasm to jump. Basically once you get to 4 and all your initial stock vests, you have to start looking around.
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Wouldn't the pay be pretty good at level 4?
They don't give refresh grants?