Good work life balance and workload is manageble. Learn Things
Management is really bad. Not clear guide in career development.
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
Hot topic on Blind is where to rest and vest as an SWE. However, rumor has it that many companies, Amazon included, treat their researchers a lot better than their engineers. Presumably, this means that there would be a bigger pool of low-stress companies. tbh I'm kinda burnt out from dumping time ...Read more
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
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 ...Read more
Curious what companies have strong non PhD ML roles. Including engineers owning the whole ML effort from modeling to production.
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,...Read more
2 yoe, experience in demand estimation and causal inference
I studied Masters from a US University and I'm working as a senior software engineer. I feel like I want to study more but don't want to fully sacrifice the convenience of a job. Do any of the top tier companies sponsor or allow you to pursue PhD or MBA while working for example any research based t...Read more
What companies, semiconductor or outside, allow you to do research onsite to complete your PhD through collaboration with a university? Heard this is possible at John Hopkins APL, but wanted to hear if other companies do this. #semiconductor #JohnhopkinsAPL #tech #researchscientist
Top 4 Energy Company offer: Technical Data Analyst position - Upstream (Geoscience) TOC - $139k (2 yrs Geoscience experience). Vs. University of Texas Austin offer: Fully funded PhD in Geoscience - Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) research. What are your thoughts? Asking for a friend who is not o...Read more
Looking for recommendation for a close relative. Software engineer position with >300k USD equivalent. He has little over 1YOE. Is it possible? #tech #salary
I have just a BS degree in Computer Science. Can I apply for any company for data science position ? What are your suggestions ? Any good companies to apply ? #dataanalytics #datascience #data
About 50% of G Data Scientists have a Masters or PhD in Statistics What other companies have 50%+ of their Data Scientists with Masters or PhD in Statistics?
What if a good option if I am around 26 years old and working in India (as 2 years experienced Software Engineer) 1. I can go for a Ph.D. in the US (considering that I will get admission after some research work). 2. Keep working in India make it to some good US tech company (MAANG) and then try fo...Read more
For folks who have transitioned into MLE/SWE roles in MAANG like companies after PhD, what was the process like in terms of prep ? I was a PhD in applied maths with 2 years of postdoctoral experience. Currently working for a no-name startup for the past 2 years as a machine learning engineer. TC: 2...Read more
For folks who have transitioned into MLE/SWE roles in MAANG like companies after PhD, what was the process like ? I was a PhD in applied maths with 2 years of postdoctoral experience. I am currently working for a no-name startup for the past 2 years as a machine learning engineer. TC: 230 K
I am looking for a position or referral at biotech company. I have five years of clinical research experience: running clinical studies, data analysis, managements, clinical assessments and reports etc. Have solid publication history in high impact journals. Expetrise in Neurology/Neuroscience and ...Read more
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 ...Read more
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...Read more
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...Read more