CompensationOct 13, 2019
Newjajanken

How much TC should I be asking for Ph.D Machine Learning research scientist in Boston Area

As the title explained the question, the recruiter said, the base in the region of 100K-120K, is it enough for Boston. Sorry can't mention the company. Also, I am fresh out of school with 2 years of SE experience pre-PhD. Edit: I could also negotiate for Senior Research Scientist title but with same pay.

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Amazon moe_lester Oct 13, 2019

That seems very very low. I would imagine at least 180 base Edit:160-180

Microsoft whatDFrock Oct 13, 2019

Can't help w/o the company name

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jajanken OP Oct 13, 2019

Major online retail from far east asia.

eBay shukira Oct 13, 2019

250k

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jajanken OP Oct 13, 2019

Shukria, Gracias, Thank you, Meherbani

Qualtrics q-bruh Oct 13, 2019

Low-ball offer. I am guessing is either coupang or Alibaba, both can pay much better. If you actual ML experience 150-200k base should be possible

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jajanken OP Oct 13, 2019

Ph.D in reinforcement learning.

Credit Karma iopsifnr Oct 13, 2019

Move to NYC (hft) or SF (tech). Don’t bother with Boston.

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Gpt2 Oct 13, 2019

Make money get money get cash baby!!!

Akamai Technologies hpBF22 Oct 13, 2019

Three fiddy

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jajanken OP Oct 13, 2019

Can you please elaborate?

Rakuten tooQ10 Oct 13, 2019

Is it my company? If so, you'll be in the research institute which pays _far_ more than the rest of us working stiffs. In HQ they start at 5-6MM yen and I've heard $75k+ in Boston.

Apple ablc Oct 16, 2019

75k 😂😂. Are you kidding? A Phd should fetch him 175k

Rakuten tooQ10 Oct 16, 2019

Not at Rakuten, it won't. The natural language processing position I applied for, which is in Boston, pays about 75k, and there was also an internship for PhD students which paid 250k yen ($2300) per month. I suspect Apple pays far more than these figures - but here we still have no shortage of qualified applicants. I love this field and would gladly have done it for even less -- but there were many more talented people ahead of me.

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jajanken OP Oct 13, 2019

That is like homeless money in Boston