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- 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
- Companies that pay PhDs well My friend just finished PhD from MIT (systems). He received L4 offers from Google and fb. Offered tc is 300k. What companies in tech pay fresh PhD grads better? #tech #tc #phd #mit
- Best companies for non PhD ML engineers? Curious what companies have strong non PhD ML roles. Including engineers owning the whole ML effort from modeling to production.
- Tech Companies that target PhD in Economics? 2 yoe, experience in demand estimation and causal inference
- Companies paying >300k in Zurich for PhD with 1YOE? Looking for recommendation for a close relative. Software engineer position with >300k USD equivalent. He has little over 1YOE. Is it possible? #tech #salary
- Best company for ML Scientists with PhD Asking for a cousin who is senior at FAANG and looking to switch. Which are best companies with good pay and WLB for ML Scientists who are good in their domain. I know Microsoft can be a good WLB but pay is probably not the best to beat inflation. My cousin has experience in Network communications,
- 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
- Which companies are open to hiring non-CS PhDs with no industry background as SWEs? Which companies are open to hiring non-CS PhDs with no industry background as SWEs? I’m mostly talking about physics and math majors with programming experience in academia. Thanks!
- Rant - Our PhD intern doesn't want to work at my company from day 1. He is loud, obnoxious, not super aware of how to behave in an open office etc. He takes personal phone calls at his desk and speaks for long periods of time, volunteered his competing offers and the TC numbers without us asking, flexes about how rich his dad is and attends FAANG onsites without OO
- Most lucrative company / career move for a PhD engineer with an applied numerical methods background? (ODEs, PDEs etc) Hey blind, Looking to you guys for some career tips. Currently a PhD computational mechanical engineer at a defense research lab. I have a great background in applied numerical methods / mathematics, dissertation was in these areas. Programming primarily in Fortran and Matlab, some C++ and Pytho
- non CS PhDs who transitioned in MLE/SWE roles at big companies Folks with PhD (some of you must have done a postdoc as well) in non CS/ML areas, how was your experience when you transitioned to MLE/SWE roles at big companies? What level did you land up at ? Was there any ageism that you experienced, since much younger people would be far ahead in their careers
- Which company to work on Deep Learning Models (R&D, not Ml ops/eng) without a PhD? So, I have been struggling to get those types of roles as time goes on, and I know that I am not alone in that situation. In my case, I am working in that space since late 2000, before it exploded in popularity. I always worked for companies who were pretty close minded about publishing externally c
- Do companies sponsor H1B for junior SWE without masters or phd ? (< 3 YOE) And if they do, why? #tech #meta #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #brex #google #instacart #square #twilio #faang #datadog #snowflake #rubrik #bloomberg #stripe #snap #lyft #uber #spotify #apple #robinhood #yelp #vmware #netflix #adobe #affirm #airbnb #airtable #amazon #anaplan #apple #atlassia
- Apple hardware engineer, PhD, Yoe: 3 (2 companies) any idea on how much TC is good? #tech #compensation
- Masters in CS + MBA vs. PhD in CS for management/executive roles in tech companies Is it better to have a MS in CS + MBA or a PhD in CS if one's goal is to progress into various management + exec roles. I don't see myself going down the SWE/Data Science path for too long.
- What is the pay scale for principal security researchers at medium size company (1000-5000 employees)? PhD + 8 yoe PhD + 8 yoe. Industry: computer networks products. I will share later the offer here when i receive one. #salarynegotiation #security #swe #research
- Which companies sponsor EB-1 for PhD graduates? Do they only-sponsor/expect truly extraordinary candidates? TC-140k #eb1
- My Girlfriend wants to move to Seattle for her PHD and I work for a Non tech company as SWE. What Can I do? Obviously grind leetcode and System Design questions, but is this something I simply can't win at? Should I accept the fact I'm going to be a stay at home dad because of the non big name tech company on my resume? 3 yoe
- 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
- Roblox offer Recently got to know that I will be getting an offer from Roblox for IC4 position. What do you think about the outlook of the company ? Can it weather an economic downturn ? Offer: Base 275K Stock 200-225K Signon 0-30K Yoe PhD + 5yr
- vote Minimum YOE for Sr Offers at FAANG+ Talking places with 400k+ TC as Senior, whats the minimum yoe to get Sr interviews assuming ur experience is at faang. Also how important is your current company level? edit: dont count phds (or add like 2 years)
- vote What's the best company with highest TC for Data Scientist? For Data Scientist position (DS focus on product, inference, analytics, modeling), which company offers the best compensation? Let's exclude MLE and RS which requires PhD degress.#dataanalytics #datascience #data
- 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
- 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
- Will I have a rise for heaving a PhD? Hey PhD holders, HRs and managers. I’m finishing my PhD research and wonder if it can give a boost to my career. HRs, are there bonuses for PhD holders? If yes, which company doing that? Happy PhD holders, how does having a PhD boosted your career? #phd #engineering #career
- 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
- 996 culture at EU/UK TikTok offices? Hi, can I ask if there's the 996 culture at EU/UK TikTok offices, for MLE specifically? I am in the final stages of couple of interview at other big tech companies and wonder if I should entertain a call for interview at TikTok. TC: $120k YoE: 3 + PhD
- How people calculate yoe without considering phd I understand usually yoe only counts industry experience. For people who have phd, does it mean they wasted their time? How does your company consider phd experience as part of qualification of the position?
- 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
- Remote TC Hi all, I am starting this thread to document the TC for different companies including startup for only the remote roles. The sole purpose of this thread is to get a standard pay band for all the remote first companies. Please post your TC, and your YOE with the company name. Company name - The Pub
- Am I Google L4 or 5? Ph.D. + 6 YEO Hello, I have PhD and 6 yeo. 4 Nvidia, 2 small companies. G offered me L4. Does that makes sense?
- PhD with day 1cpt Do you know if companies have any issue with day1 cpt PhD? I mean it is not another masters and I will be doing my PhD.
- Internship pay Which hardware companies pay high (>100k) for interns on phd.
- vote China vs. America TC My current TC is 1.5M rmb in China (236k usd). I got 295k usd offer from Amazon US. I am new graduate phd. How to make decision. Chinese company is Tencent based on Shenzhen, Amazon is based on Bay Area. As for the level, Amazon is L5 Applied Scientist, Tencent is T9.
- PhD Software Engineers How common are Engineers with PhDs at your company? Half of the engineers in my current team are PhDs and most of the people I work with right now from other teams are also PhDs. Is this common elsewhere?
- industry->phd->industry comp Thinking of getting a PhD. If I decide to leave the PhD at some point would I be able to use my previous compensation at Google as leverage for compensation at another company?
- 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
- 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
- EB-1 How long does it take to get EB-1 green card if applied with my company. I have a strong research track record with citations and PhD. Nationality: Indian
- Phd Level Intern Pay I am leaving Amazon to do my PhD, but plan to come back to big tech for internships in the summers. How much can PhD interns make at companies like Facebook / Apple / Google / Amazon , etc?
- PhD Engineer Seeking Meta Referral Hey Blind, Seeking a meta referral for a modeling position. Current title: Research mechanical engineer Current company: US Army Degree: Computational engineering PhD Expertise: Numerical modeling YOE: 3 after PhD TC: 90K Thanks!
- Why are so many PhDs at Nvidia/AMD/Intel? I'm amazed that almost every Senior Engineer (Software and Hardware) at Nvidia, AMD or Intel have PhDs. Is the competition really that tough, that one needs a relevant PhD to get in? Also almost all the presenters at the GTC have a PhD as well. Is there hope with only a MSc to have great career at o
- 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
- How much does it matter to have a start level as E4 for PhD As a new grad with PhD, target company gave 3 as the start level while company like F gave E4 to PhD new grad. Considering similar compensition but one level lower, how much does it matter? YOE: 0 TC: 230k
- 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 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
- Are all engineers at MAANG intelligent? Do you think all engineers at MAANG companies intelligent, hold Phd, have many patents or published tens of papers? TC: 70k in Sweden YoE: 15
- Lowest YOE for L4 at FAANGMULA+? What’s the lowest yoe you can have to get an external L4 offer for top companies? Not counting for PhD (bachelor or masters only). TC: 150
- Importance of PhD -vs- MSc in Data Science Roles I have been observing that candidates with PhDs( even the ones with mechanical engineering) get the applied scientist or machine learning engineer roles while the MSc grads are stuck with menial data analyst roles, although all of them share the same "data scientist" name. Does not having a PhD rest
- Getting a PhD I really want to get a PhD but I don’t want to be poor. Are there any companies that will sponsor you to do a PhD? If so, what are the details? I think intel is one such company but idk what the rules are. Edit: after reading some of these comments I’d like to clarify. I really want to a PhD for my