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		black6 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Work Life balance slows careers How many Sergeants Major are there at the FAANGs? More seriously, I've never heard the E9 designation outside of the military. What does it mean?

dragonwriter 6 months ago [–]

E9 “Distinguished Engineer” is apparently the highest level individual contributor engineering level at Meta.

disgruntledphd2 6 months ago | [–]

And let's be clear, the reason Philip made that level is because he switched to the management track for a bunch of levels, then switched back to IC.

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