[BoorishBears]

You didn't misread it, I said 1 manager (L6)to 3 L5s.

L6 is Engineering Manager 1. That's how far up an L8 is.

And L6s are usually estimated to be 10% of Google. You can assume that there are order of magnitudes fewer devs each time you go up from there.

Also to be clear, it's extremely to be hired into Google higher than an L6. Even getting hired in as an L6 takes more experience than it does to join as an L5 and become an L6.

Most L6s at other FAANG companies would be downleveled without a very very strong performance, so getting reached out to as an L8 is not a small deal...