Comment by swisniewski
Comment by swisniewski 3 days ago
Have you had a conversation with your manager?
If the policy requires S-Team approval, it could be hard at the SDE 3 level, though it should be much easier at the PE level.
If your Director is willing to go to bat, and you have a track record, it’s not unachievable.
TBH, the policy is likely not aimed you…
Though I will say…back in my AWS days, I did gain a bunch from being able to drop into Mark Brooker’s office and ask questions about distributed systems.
I didn’t get always like it… but I learned a lot from it.
If you have a solid performance argument in your favor, make it and see what happens.
Worse case, they say “no” and you leave anyways.
> Worse case, they say “no” and you leave anyways.
If they say no, for some it puts self-imposed (imaginary) pressure to leave as soon as possible and that can lead to accepting mediocre offers.
It's better to try this only if you are someone who can give enough time for job search in case of a rejection and not rush things.