17 years YOE at same company, interviewed and tripled TOC. Some tips for senior engineers looking to break through.

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Pramp for Product Managers

Finding a study buddy is extremely important. I met 3-4 highly skilled individuals via pramp.com and they helped me through the journey and told me what problems they encountered at their interviews and what things screwed them up. It's hard to do this alone. It's a LONG journey (unless you're brilliant) and most people I've spoke with spent 6 months - 1 year preparing. You need camaraderie in the preparation.

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Levels.fyi

About 9 months ago, I realized my ``135k was not was enough to support my family in the expensive city that I live in. My wife also works, but we were not saving for our future like I used to. I discovered Blind and levels.fyi and realized I was massively underpaid at the Senior level. However, I also realized my skills were also very lacking. So like everyone else, I began grinding leetcode and reading up on system design. I interviewed at 3 companies in March. I was ghosted by one company and was in the process of on-site for the second. The third one (FAANG) gave me a very generous offer and I accepted.

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interviewing.io

I did three "interviewing.io" mock interviews. Two of them passed me and were impressed, a guy from google said "nope". So, maybe just more studying for me...

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