u/InTheDarkDancing wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I do have some push back Michael. I know a good number of Codesmith alum in FAANG, and have spoken to several personally. In fact, Codesmith provides you access to a spreadsheet of alum who agree to be points of contacts, and there's at least 50~ alum in that spreadsheet within v
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Sorry not to pile on here, but I was looking into this "mid-level FAANG" statement more because I've been involved in every aspect of hiring at Facebook it's just not possible at Facebook to get a full blown E4 SWE job with zero experience. If that happens, eight people made mistakes: the recruiter, 3+ engineers, the hiring manager, and the two VP/directors who have to approve the offer. It has nothing to do with raw skill and there's no way to game this without them making a mistake or a very large and coordinated lie.
It was bothering me that people would think this could happen so I want to set the record straight. I can't speak to other FAANG and Amazon definitely has a less consistent process where I could see this happening. I also know contractors via Global Logic get Senior Engineer titles sometimes. But it's bothering me!