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In my current role, which I've been in for quite some time at a tech company but not a developer, it was similar. Called someone (very) higher up I knew and, as far as I know, the whole process went smoothly but it still took a couple months with travel schedules etc.

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Took a whole two weeks or so to go from reaching out to recruiter to offer letter with the current org. Coincidentally, I am now making more here than I have in any previous role while living in a MCOL area.