How soon is too soon to leave new grad company?

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I have accepted a great new grad offer by every sense of the word and I'm lucky to be in this position. I can't help but want to shoot for the FAANG companies though. I haven't even started my job yet (it starts in around 2 months). How soon is too soon to start interviewing and shopping around for SWE 2 roles at a big name company?

I feel like I can be a high performer at this company

Alex Chiou · Accepted Answer

Stay there for at least 1 year. This means you can start your job search at around the 9 month mark as it takes time to get interviews, study, pass interviews, negotiate the offer, figure out start date, etc.  In this market, it's much better to seriously double down on your existing role instead of having 1 leg out the door constantly, grinding LeetCode. At most companies, you can't take not getting fired for granted anymore unfortunately - The economic pressure is forcing companies to crank up stack up percentages, put more engineers on PIP, and overall fire more while hiring less.  As your start date gets closer, I highly recommend the onboarding course: The Complete Onboarding Guide For Software Engineers  Congrats on securing a junior offer in this market!

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