My company is a mid-sized unicorn and they’ll be hosting an in-person gathering with some recent new grad SWEs (they have only worked at the company for 6 months) to talk with incoming NG SWEs such as myself. I’m wondering what questions I should prepare? I’ve thought of the following:
Is there anything else that I’m missing? The company promotes SWEs directly to tech leads/managers and doesn’t have leveling. Ideally I’d like to ask questions to get a better understanding of how to get to these positions fast. What types of questions would give me an understanding of how to "play the game"?
Those questions seem good. They are fairly practical, e.g. where to live, how promotion works, etc.
I feel like the most interesting discussions are often the ones that are higher-level and open-ended, e.g. "What are your long-term career goals?" and "What were the other companies you were considering and why did you decide to work here?"