Who Decides Hiring Level + Promotion for Engineers in Big Tech? with @pragmaticengineer

Gergely was a hiring manager at Uber for years where he learned how promotion works in large tech companies, and how companies level an external hire. Check out my conversation with Gergely on his channel about my experience with negotiation + compensation. Video link:    • How to Negotiate a Big Tech Offer as a Sof...   “Building Mobile Apps at Scale”: https://www.mobileatscale.com/ - Gergely’s book Follow ‪@pragmaticengineer‬: ➤ YouTube:    / mrgergelyorosz   ➤ LinkedIn:   / gergelyorosz   ➤ Twitter:   / gergelyorosz   Hi! I’m Rahul, a software engineer with a passion for teaching. I went to Stanford, was a founding engineer at a startup, and have worked at various companies across Silicon Valley. I’m currently an Android Developer and teach an Android class at Stanford. Would love to connect with you! This channel is about tech (especially Silicon Valley), combining tactical how-to guides with interviews. 📹 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulPandey... 📝 LinkedIn:   / rpandey1234   🐦 Twitter:   / rpandey1234   📸 Instagram:   / rpandey1234   📂 Github: https://github.com/rpandey1234/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intros 2:35 - What did you do as a hiring manager? 5:05 - What was your motivation for being a hiring manager? 9:11 - What did the promo process look like at Uber? 12:58 - How involved was your manager in the promotion? 14:25 - Rahul's experience with promo across 3 companies 16:30 - Is it necessary to separately justify a promotion beyond the 6 month review cycle? 18:45 - What's the incentive of a company to hire engineers at a certain level? 21:04 - What are the risks of getting promoted by job hopping? 23:21 - Gergely's book, Building Mobile Apps at Scale