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by username90 1965 days ago
Principal at Amazon is the first level above senior software engineer, so closer to staff than principal at Google/Facebook. It isn't a particularly uncommon level to reach at Facebook or Google.
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amzn-throw 1964 days ago
Principals at Amazon are 1.8% of the SDE population, so no, the comparison to "Staff" engineer is unfounded.
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username90 1963 days ago
Amazon is just more stingy with promotions.
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amzn-throw 1959 days ago
Yes, and so their "staff" engineers stay Sr. Engineers. Isn't that the same point I made?
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