View Market Dashboard Meta engineer reached a $4.3 million-a-year level, then asked for a demotion: ‘The thrill’ faded Philip Su reached Meta and OpenAI’s prestigious IC9 level before asking Meta to move him back to IC7. He said promotions eventually brought heavier expectations and exhaustion. Anjali Thakur Updated22 Sep 2026, 02:52 PM IST Prefer Liveminton Google AI Quick Read ✕ Wait for it… Log in to our website to save your bookmarks. It'll just take a moment. Yes, Continue ✕ Wait for it… Oops! Looks like you have exceeded the limit to bookmark the image. Remove some to bookmark this image.