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I 32 years old with MS in CS and with 8 years of work experience. I have been recently inclining towards going back to school and do 3 year PhD program offered at couple of schools. Mainly to boost my career even more and also to get phD under my belt. I am pretty serious about finishing it off once...Read more
22 years old, graduating with my undergrad in math. I have an offer for Jane Street, 300k tc + 75k signon. I also have an offer to work with a professor which has a very good alumni track record (almost all of them are Deepmind / Gbrain / etc or in academia still) for my PhD. I'm in the process of...Read more
Here's my hot take: having a PhD doesn't automatically mean you're smarter than everyone else. It just means you're super into a particular subject and wanted to dive in deep. Sure, PhDs can be experts in their field, but that doesn't necessarily translate to being smarter than folks in other areas....Read more
Hi, Please evaluate my Apple PhD new grad offer for a ML role, getting the ICT3 band. Base: 165k RSU (over 4 years): 284k Sign on: 10k Location: Cupertino Current TC: 33k (PhD student) Any tips for negotiation will be appreciated, and how much in each bucket (base/RSU/sign on) should be good to ...Read more
Back in 2020, I completed my PhD from a top US university in CS (Applied ML). Have double digit publications, triple digit citations, all in reputable conferences and journals in applied ML. Have over 10 years academic experience in ML. Had to get started with OPT and visa stuff, so took the first ...Read more
I have a quant research offer from a top HFT firm for 600k+ first year and 500k min recurring but off late Im wondering if I should take it. For context, I am in school doing my MS and my research advisors have been encouraging me to do my PhD (which given my past experience would be in ML). Given ...Read more
I want to do a PhD in AI/ML but the money I am earning (though peanuts) is hard to leave behind. It seems tough to go back to school, spend 4-5 years on just the survival money, not travel, commute without a car, and stay in a cheap accommodation with just the minimal things. AI/ML interests me a l...Read more
How important it is for a data scientist to pursue a phD at the moment? Most open positions in FANG ask for it right? Thoughts?
I am senior data scientist with full time 8 yoe in startup from 2013, also I am a part time PhD student from 2017, after finishing my PhD next year my yoe will be 9 with PhD in job application? I am applying for senior level ml at fb/google/amazon #google #amazon #facebook #datascience #phd #machi...Read more
Hello blind, my boyfriend has a PhD in CS (computer vision) with 40 publications. Due to the poor job market, he ended up in Kentucky for his first job and has been there for just over a year. He is level 3 making $156k doing object detection and segmentation. Most of his colleagues never went to c...Read more
Received PhD offers from Stanford CS, CMU Robotics, and MIT EECS. Should I leave my current job to start a PhD? Will it be worth it from a financial perspective? I'm assuming the PhD will take 4-5 years. My research area would be in ML/CV. Have never attended a prestigious school; my undergrad was i...Read more
I have a PhD in CS offer from a mid tier US university and I’m wondering if I should go for it or stick with my current job. I have a Masters in CS with 5 years of machine learning experience in my current role. I’m hestitant to go back to school due to my age (mid 30s), financial hit (current econ...Read more
Just wondering how FAANGs count YoE when someone has a PhD (in a relevant field, done at/in cooperation with industry). I've seen 1.5yrs floating around. Is this correct?
CS PhD here with 5 years YOE (3 years before + 2 years after PhD + 3 internships) Today, I was on the phone with a recruiter from Facebook to get my phone interview results. The feedback was positive, however, the targeting level was not. She mentioned that I need 3 years of YOE to be qualified for...Read more
I have a NIPS publication and get calls for sometimes applied scientist and research engineer positions but never research scientist. 1. Is it necessary to have a Phd to be research scientist in say ML? 2. Is there a natural transition from research engineer to a research scientist position in gen...Read more
I'm in my 4th year. I've interned at MSR, Google Brain, FAIR, and this upcoming summer, Amazon. I have a good pub record, great connections, top names on my thesis committee, and I suppose I'm on track for a stellar PhD. However, I've come to the point where I think the PhD and academia at large is...Read more
I am 13 years into a tech career and 10 years from "retiring". Ime., my goal is to continue working, but shift gears to something easier. I'll need to make some money, but could get away with today's equivalent of $50kish. For my retirement gig, I'd love to teach college courses. I am a data scient...Read more
Met a sweet girl. We went on a first date, but I'm not sure if it is wise to continue dating her because I plan on moving for a PhD in CS for the Fall 2024 (in a year and a half) cohort. What does everyone think? Crodwsourcing opinions. TC: $80k (LCOL) Working full-time and doing an online maste...Read more
I see a lot of my colleagues who did a PhD and are starting work only around 29. They also seem to have so much attiude and try to put down ppl who have a bachelor's or master's. To me, they are kind of dumb for missing out on years of compound interest to pursue "their dream" which is slaving away...Read more