u/xtc2008 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Fellows range across the spectrum. There are plenty of top students that are fellows - primarily because they don’t come from a tech adjacent background. They’re aiming for mid FANNG and without the previous technical and mentorship work experience - your chances to gain a recr
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Awesome thanks for adding details.
I have posted extensively elsewhere but you can't get mid level FAANG SWE jobs (e.g. Google L4) with no experience. I worked at Facebook for 8 years, did a ton of early career recruiting, observed hiring committee reviews. The levels are calibrated company wide and sacred, based on people's previous scope of responsibility and not on your skill level. If your skill level is super high, you come in entry level and then get incredible performance reviews (making more comp the you would at mid level anyways). So someone with no experience trying to be a "official" mid level FAANG is doing the wrong strategy. Happy to explaon this more. People have said "but I know someone I swear"and every case is a miscommunication or misunderstanding of the level (Google's entry level is L3 for example), or based on salary (since entry level FAANG can hit $200K), or a contracting role with a senior title that is also entry level, or people calling a company FAANG that is not FAANG and where you totally can come in at their mid level.