It is an open secret that Alibaba P8 programmers earn a million dollars a year. Some people care about their million-dollar annual salary, but I am more concerned about the growth stories of these Alibaba P8 and P9 programmers. Before talking about the stories of these big guys, let me briefly talk to you about the hierarchy of Alibaba's technical personnel.

P5: Mainly campus recruits

P6: Independent executors, independently completing their own work

P7: Industry consultant, able to make certain accurate judgments on industry development

P8: Industry innovator, able to combine judgments to have certain innovations

P9: Industry disruptor, able to make innovations to have certain disruptions on the industry

P10: Industry leader, building and leading the industry

P11: Vice President

P12, P13: Heads of business units

P14: Alibaba CEO

P8 and P9 are the waist strength of the entire Alibaba Group and the brain power of the business unit. Generally speaking, a fresh graduate who joins the company at P4 or P5 can reach the P8 level in 6 to 10 years if he works hard enough and is not too unlucky. If you want to be promoted from P8 to P9, you need super ability, responsibility + global vision + exceptionally outstanding performance/contribution + opportunity.