Opinion : Being at a higher level is vulnerable to Layoffs
SDE1 survive however SDE3 gets laid off.
As AI comes to coding arena, so no need to pay fat salary to sde3 folks..a fresher sde1 guy can deploy a clean code with the help of ChatGPT.
Actually itâs totally opposite, the role of SDE3 is to look at architectural decisions, performance tuning etc. With the help of chatgpt, SDE1 role doesnât deserves fat salary. Leave the job to SDE2 and SDE3z
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Blair Lee
Stealth
a year ago
I'm at the highest level, just did shrooms. No possibility of me being laid off because my design skills just went through the roof.
Jordon Olive
Student
a year ago
Which ones? Im into kodaikanal's
Depends on the company's employee bloat profile tbh. 1 SDE-3 can definitely be many times more impactful and productive than a bunch of SDE-1s. But if the company has more SDE-3s than required (if SDE-3 level scope projects are limited), they will fire SDE-3s.
đ It doesnât it all depends upon your level vs TC.
If you are above Market reference point then highly likely to get your name in next list.
Also, there are other few factors such as WFO policy, SVP not in good terms with your skip etc.
Anise Carmden
Stealth
a year ago
This comment is very appropriate. And psychologically speaking you fire a senior guy the junior guys will work harder.
Not necessarily. While the goal for layoffs is to cut costs, the new structure post-layoff has to align with future strategy. Each company has a unique situation and the outcome at various levels varies by a great degree. Most companies have roughly a pyramid structure. Depending on the quantum of cost to be cut, you can expect a slice of pyramid to go away. This typically may mean 1-2 VP/DoE, handful of EMs and proportionally SDEs across the ladder.
