In 2017, I joined Facebook (now known as Meta) as a senior engineer and worked there for almost five years.
My compensation at Meta rapidly increased to more than $800,000 a year.
AdvertisementAdvertisementComing in as a senior engineer — a level E5 at Facebook — I felt pressure to become independent and start contributing quickly.
I thought that asking for help would "out" me as someone who didn't deserve to be a senior engineer.
This is a critical part of being a senior engineer and beyond (staff or principal engineer).
Persons:
Rahul Pandey, Pandey, —, Pinterest, Taro, Rahul, It'd, Rahul Pandey's, doesn't, stagnate
Organizations:
Meta, Service, Stanford, Facebook, Cambridge, Big Tech
Locations:
Silicon Valley, Meta