there are many data points available for sde roles at fang - such as levels.fyi. however I couldnt find how much rsu refreshments research scientists focusing on ML can get. Do core ML researchers with ML phd at FAIR or Google Brain get higher than sde? I know only couple cases of research scientist TC including mine. My rough average of them would be like this. For 4 yr after getting phd, TC is 470; base 190, aip 30, rsu refresh 250 per year. I know my performance is not specially superb, and wonder how much I can expect if I move to other companies as research scientist.
Research Scientists get paid on par with SWEs pretty much everywhere. If you have high impact research (i.e. 1000+ citation count) you might be able to get hired into a higher level than your peers.
Seems like opinions are divergent on which role is more valuable. What about just sharing your salary to prove this.
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Thanks for your suggestion. I shared mine above.
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What makes you think researchers are worth "much more than general sde"?
People who can write production code are a dime a dozen. The same cannot be the said for the very few who actually understand ML and deep learning and can produce work that could potentially carry an entire line of business on its back!