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- MS plus PHD PROGRAMS Hello friends, Anyone here who came here on student visa for MS plus PHD ? Questions are - Do we need to apply for PhD once we complete MS or there are programs which are sort of integrated PhD along with MS ? If one were to apply separate PhD course after completing Master's , how he or she wou
- vote Facebook E4 vs. Microsoft 63 for PhD new grad Got offers from Facebook and Microsoft. PhD new grad, 0 yoe. Facebook, E4, Menlo park, CA TC 253k : base 160k, sign-on 75k, stock 300k (4 yr) EDIT: counter offer TC 266k : base 160k, sign-on 100k, stock 325k (4 yr) EDIT: after 2nd round of negotiation TC 291k : base 160k, sign-on 100k, stock 425k
- vote Ms or PhD necessary for growth Does MS or PhD play important role when people are being promoted to higher position (staff or above) and they not only lead projects but also come up with new tech for future (i.e. given chance to research and experiment) thereby helping company discover new areas?
- Scope of iits in India for MS/Phd Is it worth to get a MS/Phd from iits ? Planning to broaden the scope for Applied Scientists or moving to academic line. TC : 14 Yoe : ~2 #facebook #apple
- Is MS/PhD required for high TC? Still in college, never really cared about grades but could probably graduate with ~3.6 if i wanted to finish strong. Let’s say Im really good at what I do, would a lack of graduate degree become a limiting factor? What if I want to go into management, what would limit me if I graduate with a medioc
- PhD vs MS vs BS salary comparisons SDE, MS + 5 years of experience and making give or take ~320k in Bay Area. How much a PhD holder makes in general ? How much more compare to a MS or BS holder ?
- PhD Data & Applied Scientist at Microsoft What is the expected TC for this position for a fresh PhD? What does the breakdown look like in terms of base, bonus, stocks per year and signing bonus?
- Starting Career As an MLE without MS/PhD Currently a new grad CS major from a pretty good Cs school but have no MS/PHD. If I decide to go into a Product ML team at Facebook and stay in the ML space (probably more oriented towards the product/infra side rather than deep research side), how hard is it to jump to similar roles at other tech c
- Is it dumb to not get a MS or PhD? I never had interest in research and was drawn to software engineering in the real world. But after a year in the industry it feels like the cool projects go to those folks and I’m stuck with fixing bugs. I feel like I’ll always be the dumbest guy in a room full of PhDs or MS from top schools. Worth
- Non-Trad PhD to MSFT L63 ML Scientist. AMA. It's almost my one year anniversary in MSFT (joined Oct 2018). I'm giving back to Blind, so AMA. First, I have a Non-Trad PhD (aka not CS or maths). I made a mistake of not following TC. Wasted 5 years of my life for a useless PhD, and condemned to endless postdoc in the hope of shitty professor po
- Phd entry level and salary at MS, Google, Fb Any idea about the pay for fresh PhD holder at those tech companies? Say data scientist or applied scientist position?
- vote To L6, L7, L8: how many of you have MS, MBA, and/or PhD? If you're at one of those levels, do you have one of the degrees above? Please only participate in the poll if you are L6, L7, L8, etc, but feel free to comment if you aren't.
- Entry-level numbers are post-BS, post-MS or post-PhD? Trying to understand the lingo here, lots of posters on entry-level offers from FANG. Is this entry-level referring to just finished undergrad CS degree, or is masters included? PhD? Also curious to know what entry-level is for PhD holders at Amazon (L4? L5?) or Microsoft (61? 62?) Does prior
- How high can MS offer go for new grad PhD? Asking for a friend who still doesn't know the level. Can he get L63 (swe) with no industry experience? How high can the TC be? (The recruiter is asking for expectations)
- People graduating from Math/Stats Ms/PhD what's your career path ? I'm curious what is your career path. Would you recommend it ? Any pros/cons over software engineering (if any).
- Do early in career data science roles exist for people without MS/Phd? Some background - I interned as an undergrad at MSFT as a data scientist. I studied CS (undergrad) and the only data science experience I had was that I took 3 masters deep learning/ML classes and did some research. I accepted MSFTs return offer and have been working there for around 8-9 months. Sin
- Isn't 206k TC too low for Applied Scientist 2 role (MS, no PhD) at Amazon I just received this year's compensation summary. Base is 148k but I feel my TC is lowest of all AS at Amazon? Please share your own TC if you are AS at Amazon (No PhD). I looked around a lot but cannot find an average to compare it with. YOE as SDE -3 2 years at amazon as sde1, 1 year somewhere
- Regretting doing a PhD I’m really regretting that I did a PhD. I mean I enjoyed it but feel it’s not worth 6 years. I could have made a lot of money and be much more stable now. How do I minimize my losses from now on? Any others PhD who is regretting doing a PhD? Or is anyone happy that they did a PhD? Please share your
- Offer and level discussion I have a PhD with 7.5 years of relevant experience and one year of non-relevant experience. What level should I expect in NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Intel or Microsoft in Hardware Engineering? TC?#engineer #hardware #interview #level #compensation #microsoft TC 200k + RSU ~200k vesting/yr
- vote Google l3 vs Apple vs Microsoft I have MS and phd dropout folks ML/AI Google L3 (downlevel L4) - SDE 1 240K SIRI AI/ml Apple ICT3 - SDE 2 220K Microsoft L61 - SDE 2 190K all seattle yoe: 2.5 google TC beats all but lowest level #engineering #software #swe #apple #microsoft #google
- DS referrals Hi everyone, My wife is looking for referrals for DS roles at tech companies in the Bay area. About her - MS in statistics - PhD in social science with an emphasis on quantitative methods - 5 YOE as a biostatistician in academia after completing her PhD - Targeting MANGA but open to other opport
- What are some expensive career-change mistakes you have made? What past career decisions still give you "coulda woulda shoulda" feelings? Applies to the following or anything else you can think of - - changing teams or companies - picking a manager or team - taking up a new role on an existing team - switching from SWE to PM or vice versa, - switching from
- Hardware and HW research What level does MS consider for candidates with PhD+6yoe? How are hw jobs for PhDs at MS
- Intel Grade 10 to MSFT Hi, I am in Grade 10 (PE) in Intel. I have an offer from MSFT from their silicon design team. Due to Holidays, my TC and level have not yet been disclosed. Recruiter is asking me on my expectations for TC. What is the equivalent level in MSFT and what should be the expectation on TC? My YoE
- Self Driving Careers I want to go into the self-driving field. I have a MS degree and I work in the ML field but I don't train the models. Is it possible to move into an AV field? Given I don't have Phd, which would be easier to move into AV Perception or AV Infra? TC 400K
- vote How many years should a PhD in Computer Engineering be counted as years of experience? Starting applying for jobs recently. Interesting to find job description counts PhD in yoe Some company asks Bachelor degree + 8 years Or MS + 6 years Or PhD + 2 years. Some other job decisions asks Bachelor degree + 8 years Or Ms + 7 years Or PhD + 5 years. Blinder folks: What is your company p
- Need Referrals to MSFT for NLP Applied Scientist roles Looking for referrals to MSFT Data & Applied Scientist roles in the US (Redmond, Seattle, Bellvue, Bay Area preferable) I am an NLP PhD with 2 years of experience. Working for an high performing applied science team at Amazon. Have NLP papers from PhD and work exp from before PhD also. Thanks a
- Microsoft Researcher compensation I've been working in research in Europe and will be interviewing soon for a Senior Researcher position at Microsoft. Within their initial HR questions, they ask what my salary expectations would be. Tbh I have no idea what are the proper scales for this, a look through Glassdoor shows something aro
- Approved Microsoft offer vs pending Google offer I'm a new grad (PhD). I have a finalized MSFT offer with TC ~$280k and I'm also waiting for team matching process at Google. Microsoft won't wait that long for the Google offer to come up. - How long does Google team matching process (including offering) take? - Does Google match MSFT offer? - I've
- vote what is your educational background? Tell me your BS degree not MS or PhD.
- Does Pichai even LeetCode? He has BS in metallurgical engineering and MS in materials science and a MBA. Those don't strike as being on "harder" side of STEM (but I might be wrong). I'm assuming he joined G as PM - don't those guys need to code LC medium? Or is any McKinsey shill now able to become high level decision maker .
- apple interview leveling Currently L64 at msft with PhD+ 10yoe. Will be likely to be L65 in one year. Is moving to Apple ICT4 a downgrade or fair? @apple
- How hard is it to get into Google brain? Do I need a MS or PhD from a top tier school and how's the interview process like?
- TC for Ivy or IvyPlus CS / EE / HCI PhDs Keep reading that Ivy PhDs have 800k+ TC. I went to an Ivy for an MS diploma and intend to go for a PhD (not for the TC exactly). Can Ivy or Ivy plus CS / EE / HCI PhD people share their TC and firm right after graduation?
- Getting PhD while working at a tier-1 company I haven't finished my PhD (machine learning) in a good university before relocating to US. How can I get PhD here while working at Google/Facebook/Microsoft? I really liked what Andrej Karpathy was doing. He worked on his PhD exclusively, but I think PhD really helped him in the long run. I have
- vote Operations Research folks in tech, how are we doing? I’m getting my PhD in OR this year and joining a tech company in the Bay Area. During my PhD I received decent training in optimization algorithms, things like MDPs and dynamic programming, combinatorial algorithms and approximation schemes. I read papers on OR/MS/MP/MSOM/IJOC, and attend INFORMS
- Qualcomm India level for IIT PHD in Computer vision /ML Asking on behalf of a friend. At what level does qualcomm India hire the PHD candidates in general as compare to MS/MTech? What is the expected salary range for phd from IIT?
- vote Phd equals to how many YOE? I do not want to say I have no experience when i am ~30 years old, just because i did ms and phd. So, Whats the equivalent yoe for a cs phd from top tier us school ?
- Microsoft Autonomous Systems Group Is anyone here from this group at Msft. I am really looking for a referral to this team. Background: PhD in CV and DL with couple of internships and ~2 years experience prior PhD!
- Good companies to join as L6 SWE after Google So I'm looking to move on to another company due to being underpaid and Google shenanigans for promo. Besides the big ones like Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon, and LinkedIn, what are the cool and good paying companies for an L6? Could be unicorn, could be inspiring startup. I've been out of the ga
- MSFT L64 to AMZN L7. Possible? Is it possible to go from MS L64 to AZ L7? What does it take to make it happen? YoE: 6 after PhD
- From Microsoft L62 to Goog or FB L62 at microsoft, PhD, and $220k total comp. What level and total comp should I expect from google and facebook?
- Is it a good idea to do a PhD in your 30s? I am 23 year old. I care about math and CS. Want to work in the industry for another 5 years. Till I am 28. Do an M.S. from 28 to 30. And then apply for a PhD position at good CS universities. Let's say I am L5 (arbitrary) when I quit industry. Will I be able to re-enter industry after the PhD? Wi
- vote Why are we only talking about YOE? For sure, companies have different policy to define level requirements for BS and PhD. For example, PhD campuse hire can get E4 at FB with 0 YOE. While we only talks about how many years a guy has worked regardless how many years he has spent in graduate school doing MS or PhD. Should we use “how ma
- vote Research teams across companies What's the best research team in terms of prestige? I've heard of Microsoft Research a lot but I think most ML folks left to Google. Do they all require a PhD degree to join them? I know at AWS you can switch from SDE to AS without a PhD but I think you need an MS.
- Google Kirkland non-Eng position? Is there any? I saw a lot of PhD or MS Engineers, but not a single non-engineer..
- Want to do PhD while working on H1B Hi Everyone, I am working as senior software engineer and I have a MS in Computer Science. I am planning to do full-time PhD while working full time. Do you think it is legally possible to do it. As I need the 100 % scholarship from university to complete my PhD. That means I will be working as TA
- Evaluate Meta Offer YoE: 6, PhD from top 5 CS Compete offers: Amazon, Microsoft Offer level: E5 Base: 215 RSU: 950 over 4 years Sign on: 155 Bonus: 15% Location: Permanently WFH Is there any room to push further?
- How does PhD count toward YOE? How do years of PhD factor into YOE for SWE, research SWE, or research scientist roles at places like Microsoft, Amazon, etc.? What about internships? I've interned at Google Research, MSR, and FAIR during my PhD, but never thought to ask how these are factored into YOE when I go to apply for FTE.
- vote Meta is the best FAANG Pays top dollar, lot of freedom, amazing perks and fastest promo paths. Sure, some people got unlucky with stock drop, just hang in there and you’ll be fine. Those joining now: lucky! And yeah, some perks are getting cut, but we still have the best deal. Best people in the field to work with. Fant