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PhD
- 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
- vote PhD grads should have cap exempt H1B category Staying for 5 years PhD then 3 years opt only to be forced out of the country is just unreal. Not all qualify for o1 or eb1 Do you agree?
- vote To PhD or not to PhD About me: 2.5 YOE TC ~112 working in product Goal is to have a successful career in tech, become a technical product/program manager or data science or economist, etc Have an offer from top prestigious economics PhD program here in the U.S. Full scholarship and stipend. Likely a six year journey!
- Physic PhDs in ML I see a lot of Physics PhD go straight from school to be “ML Engineers”. Why would one spend all that time getting that advanced degree over a Masters in Data Science or PhD in AI if they know they aren’t going to pursue physics? By alot I’ve seen entire ML teams at startups I interviewed at
- vote Competing with PhDs Almost all of the senior people in my team are either phds or people managers. I’m at a point where I need to compete with phds to grow as IC or become people manager to level up. I wanna grow as IC but competing with phds seems unrealistic expectation out of myself. Only option left is to change
- PhDs? How do you work in your PhD so that you get your paper published in top conferences coming from mid tier college?
- Any well funded hardware team looking for PhDs? I currently work for an aerospace startup in the Bay Area. The work isn’t very challenging anymore and volunteer 2 months severance was recently offered. Red flag for me. I just got promoted to senior design engineer and have a PhD. Any help/ suggestions? Edit1: by hardware I meant mechanical engin
- What are tech good fit positions for a PhD in CS? What are the titles that best fit a PhD in CS at tech companies? besides swe and scientists. Swe for example is not 'really' a good fit. Lets say PhD in one of those: Networking or security or big data. PhD + 7 yoe in industry. TC:200k #phd #fitting #careerbuilder
- PhD or no PhD? 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
- Thoughts on PhD Hi I am 30 yrs old with 8 yrs of industry experience. Mostly in embedded/networking domain. I am considering to go back to school to do PhD (aiming at next year admissions). I have a bachelors in CS, masters in networking/telecommunications. Since I have invested in this path, I want to remain in
- PhD or no PhD? 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
- vote Stay at Google or PhD at Stanford? I'm an L4 at Google with 3 years of experience and have been loving SWE. However, a part of me always wanted to pursue a PhD. I liked the idea of teaching because I love seeing driven people grow and mentoring them. I also like learning about different complex concepts within CS. My plans for the fu
- Phd advice I have been thinking about a phd for a long time now. Currently on initial opt. Graduated with a Masters in Dec 2020. Thinking of getting a phd in business with specialization in analytics. From immigration point of view, will a phd benefit me? I am kind off passionate about analytics and research
- EB1 with no PhD I have 5 publications (two second author, no first author), with ~ 150 citations and have reviewed papers for NeurIPS and ICML. I have a EB2 I-140 approved. I work as a machine learning scientist at the R&D unit of my company. Should I port to EB1? What are my chances of getting an EB1 approved ? #
- Phd Hi Guys, I have been thinking about Phd a lot and not able to decide whether to go or not. To leave everything and just go for it.
- Quit the PhD? 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
- PhD... ? 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?
- vote Is a phd worth it? #tech #phd #cscareerquestions
- LC or PhD I'm 22, and I don't think a bachelors was fulfilling enough. I'd pursue a PhD (in theoretical CS/graph theory) now rather than later. I can be working as a SWE and making money later on too. I don't have any research experience in the field that I want to apply to, which leads me to pursue a master
- Why do PhDs get paid more Not trying to cause offence - for swe roles why would we want to pay PhDs more than other mere mortals. What are the incremental value PhDs able to bring that we comp them more. Again I work with and manage several PhD and value their work - just not clear why they should comp more!
- vote PhDs, worth it or not? People who finished their PhDs and ended up in industry - Major: CS Goal: Industry
- To PhD or to not PhD? - I'm a new grad (Electrical + Computer Engineering) - I've been thinking about pursuing a PhD in Computational Geometry. I don't have any research experience in the field but I find the work to be interesting. - I know that career options like research scientist are possible after finishing and I
- EB1-B without Phd Hello blind community, I recently got my EB1-B approved in AI/ML field. I have been working as software engineer/machine learning engineer since May 2018. Ask me questions, if any. #edit 1: 12 conference / journal papers in total. 200 citations 1 first author book Reviewed 20+ conferences 2 awards
- CS phd For the people who have a CS phd degree, what did you research during your phd years?
- vote Stanford/CMU/MIT PhD vs. SWE 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
- Confessions of a PhD 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
- vote Phd in FAANG, how old are you when you gradute I have been kept on hearing folks claim he was promoted into senior in less than 5 year of exp, I figure most of them are with advance Degree? How old were you when you graduate with PHD
- STEM phd direct Green Card See this link: https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-117HR4521RH-RCP117-31.pdf Once passed, a fresh graduated STEM PhD will have direct access to GC. Indian folks no need to wait for 100 years. Also this has no cap, so any STEM PhD around the world could potentially be
- To PhD or not to PhD? Random commentary: Blind folks are very aware of the fact that tiers mean everything in tech, and so the value of being e.g. a SWE requires qualification (Albertson’s => max TC, etc.). Somehow, it seems less accepted that it’s the same picture with PhD programs. Your winnings (and not to mentio
- vote PhD in US I have a GPA of 3.33/ 4 in Masters in Computer Science in a US University. I heard that I will not be eligible for pursuing PhD in Computer Science in US. Is it true? If not, what are some good options that I can target. Please comment. Thanks in advance! Yoe: 4 TC: 180k
- PhD EB1 roadblocks For EB1 category how many citations etc needed with someone doing/finished their phd.
- Aeronautical PhD Could someone with an aero PhD get a job in tech or finance? Would recruiters look twice or not at all?
- Most viable way for PHD while full time? What is the way the will be the least interrupting for my current career if I wanted to pursue a PHD ( I will not say it is in computer science I will be more generic and say technology). The goal here is to keep my full time job as Engineering manager. And want to learn from anyone who has done thi
- PhD Research I’m currently pursuing my PhD in Artificial Intelligence ( Computer Vision ). I want to make a jump into industry after my Phd is done and was looking at few suggestions on which roles should I target and how narrow my field will be when I make the jump? Few questions which I need some advice, Is
- vote FAANGMULA Company for Research : PhD grad Which of the top tech companies is the best for a Machine Learning / AI researcher (recent PhD grad) Looking for roles that entails paper publications/patents etc. I have am expecting an offer from Amazon for an AS role. Current TC : 125 K
- YOE with part time PhD 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
- Phd along with Work Hello Blinders I am planning to pursue a Phd in the field of Distributed Computing. Has any one successfully pursued Phd while working at your current employer. Or do you need to dedicate your full attention towards the Phd I really wanna pursue my desire towards higher education, but have been tr
- Remote PhD With pandemic, has anyone had a luck with remote PhD application? I live in California, and wanted to check if anyone else has tried this. A little about me: I did my masters 5+ years ago, and have been thinking on and off about this. I'm currently doing an applied research, but at times feel like
- vote PhD or leetcode I’m currently in biotech and it seems like the only way to move up here is to get a PhD. We all know the PhD application process is a crap shoot, but I also see that tech companies do recruit phds as well. Not sure how it’s valued though. With SDEs making over 200k easily at FANG, I’m wondering if
- MBA or PHD Hello, I’m currently getting my Ms in Cybersecurity, and I graduate this year. I’m starting to think of what I want to do afterwards, and I’m starting to be confused as to what path to go. I’m think of getting my PHD in Information Technology with concentration in Cybersecurity, Machine Learning a
- PhD choices Hey folks, this is for a friend of mine. She did her master's in CS and is now looking for a PhD. She wants to do something in ML. Can she do it given her master's didn't have to do anything with it? What should be her approach?
- PhD and aging parents I'm a grad student in my mid 20s. Currently, I'm finishing up my masters. I want to extend it and get a PhD. However, my parents are getting old and I want to start earning soon to support them. I'm the youngest child and the only one in my siblings who went to college so my parents also expect me t
- Amazon offer - PhD, Applied Scientist L5 Hi all, first of all, thanks to the blind community for being open and helpful in several of the posts. I'm a final year PhD student in Robotics + AI, and I've secured a full time offer from Amazon. I've interned at Amazon more than once and they've given me a full time offer that I'd like to know i
- vote Would you do a Part time PhD - computer science? After a graduate degree, would you do a part-time PhD in computer science ( may be in AI field) from an OK school, costing 50k and 3-4 years? The objective is to learn and may be potentially join academics as a part-time and retire from corporate. Tax: TC : 200k Yoe : 8
- PhD Green Card Hello, With the current wait time for H1B to green card exceeding ~ 50 years, it has become a farfetched dream. Has anyone used their PhD degree to avail expedited GC processing in the recent years? How long did it take? Is a PhD enough to get you a GC in the EB-1 category. Please share your exper
- Doing PhD, what to do next? I am doing a PhD in Mobile Multi Robot Systems. Imagine a tier 2 school, 5th year, two publications in pipeline but nothing out yet. I plan to finish the PhD in a year and then move to industry. Wondering how to proceed further, and need guidance. I can look for internships while I finish the PhD,
- Jane Street or PhD? 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
- Why I regretted my PhD Currently finishing up my PhD and I can't regret it more. Well it's not that I had a choice, I only did it to come to the US without spending any money. But I can't stop thinking about if I should have explored a different route. Few info about myself: applied math undergrad, PhD in CS focusing on m
- PHD at Berkeley EECS vs FAANG Got into Berkeley for a PHD, but I signed already with a FAANG company and if I renege, the recruiter already said it would hurt my chances of working there again. What should I do? I want to do industry research one day but also dont want to burn bridges so early in my career. TC: 160k #engineer
- Salaries with PhD? I got my offer before completing my PhD (CS), into a Program Manager (Eng) role. I tried to negotiate because I have a PhD and the answer was that "your role doesn't require a PhD so that doesn't help". Looking at the salaries in here it makes me wonder if LV4 125k is actually not that good, and I