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- EB1A for non-phd Engineering Manager on H1b at Google/FB/LinkedIn/Uber etc ? Just curious about the general policies - are the EB1A's mainly for PhDs / O1 visa holders only ? Or does Google try EB1 for non-phds managers who are on H1b too ? If you have any experience with this pls pm me
- what TC to expect google L5 mtv PhD + 2 years Accademia + 3.5 years industry Competing offer from LinkedIn and FB
- From Intern to Senior in 9 months... Is this possible without a PhD but a Master degree only? (I found the profile from LinkedIn)
- 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
- FAIR Research Engineer vs. Research Scientist I saw some people on linkedin at FAIR with Research Engineer and Research Scientist titles. I'm trying to figure out what the difference is. At first, I thought the former are people without PhDs but I've seen several people with the Research Engineer title with PhDs. Anyone know?
- Which offer should I choose? Need advice on which company to choose: LinkedIn Staff, TC 430 sign-on 70 Facebook E5, TC 385 sign-on 100 Google L5, numbers missing, probably closer to Facebook than LinkedIn. Prefer the brand of Google and Facebook, the culture of LinkedIn and Google, the work at Facebook and LinkedIn, and WLB a
- vote PhD Dropout - to say or not to say I occasionally see super badass people on LinkedIn who put PhD dropout in their education. Just saw an MLE at Stripe with it (🦉). Is this something that's only cool if you work at epic companies or have a good deal of experience, and otherwise comes across poorly? Or should I be rocking that. Caus
- vote Will it harm my career as DS if I don’t have PhD? Got an offer from Meta as a DSA, I checked on LinkedIn most of DSAs there have a background in maths or a PhD degree. I don’t have either just a master degree in information science. Am I overvalued? Will it affect my career growth? Look who I’m competing with… YOE 3 L4
- Linkedin Sr Data Scientist Interview Questions Hi, I have an upcoming phone interview with LinkedIn for a Sr Data Scientist position. Do you have any suggestions on how to prepare ? #tech #linkedin #linkedininterview Thanks in advance ! PhD with 5.5 years of experience.
- 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
- WLB @ LinkedIn Hello good people, I will be joining LinkedIn shortly and wanted to know how the work life balance is at LinkedIn. Is it hectic 😥or relaxed 😌 ? How easy is it to change teams if I don’t like a particular team ? Please chime in with your experiences and suggestions. PhD in AI/ML + 3 years exp Cur
- Should I work with head hunters? On LinkedIn I occasionally get hit up by head hunters working for Selby Jennings, Alexander Chapman, Testwood Partners. They're usually looking to fill candidates for quant research positions, which matches my background, I guess because I'm a math PhD student. The thing is they're the only type o
- link LinkedIn principal swe comp What kind of offers are given out at LinkedIn for principal swe level? Levels.fyi has no info above senior staff. Currently e6 at fb, tc 800k, exp 10 years plus phd
- Jane Street quants don't seem to have solid backgrounds? I have seen Jane Street inflated a lot on Blind and did some Linkedin stalking. It seems like most of their researchers have undergrads, and some have masters and only a small percentage with PhDs. Other firms like DE Shaw, RenTech etc. hire top PhDs, or even Postdocs etc. What is that bias at Jane
- Applied/Research scientist at Amazon accept master? I see on LinkedIn that there are ones without PhD get into research scientist and applied scientist positions at Amazon. Some of them just come from mediocre master program with several years’ experience. Is that very rare case?
- Which companies have true data scientists ? Most of the “Data Scientist” roles today in the market are for product analytics/ business intelligence. Ex: Facebook, LinkedIn, Google. Even when fb, goog have research scientists bar is very high (phd with published papers). Which companies should I target if I have 3.5 year of experience with A
- Unrelated PhD “More Qualified” I keep seeing data scientist postings where a PhD is a requirement(ex: Facebook, Google), but then I look at LinkedIn profiles for those roles and see that there are often people with non math, cs, or stats doctorates in the roles. As someone with an MS in stats and BS in math/stats, I know firstha
- Sr Data Scientist vs Sr Applied Researcher LinkedIn Hello, I have a PhD in engineering and have a solid background in ML (building side projects for the last 4 years in addition to some projects at my job) I am in touch for the LinkedIn Sr Data Scientist role but thinking whether Applied Researcher would be a better fit ? I don’t want to enter to a
- vote Offer Help I received multiple offers in this crazy market. 1. Compass (Senior Scientist): 410k 2. Coupang (Staff MLE): 540k 3. LinkedIn (Senior SWE): 415k (max) 4. Meta (E5 MLE): no number yet (asking for 500k), but can Meta beat Coupang? 5. Snap: no number yet Location: all are CA (except Meta) UPDATE: 4. M
- help me choose i am L5 at Fb and current TC is around 400K with stock appreciation over time, but decrease due to cliff. Experience 7yrs+ Phd i have following offers: Snap L4 : TC 370K Airbnb L5: TC 420K ( before lockdown ) Linkedin awaiting offer, expecting 420K+ Uber 5b: Didnt want to interview I am really dis
- Starting level in different companies Hey all, i hear all the level names in different companies across the board. I am wondering what would be a reasonable level to start in Google, Facebook, Apple, Linkedin, Uber, Stripe, Lyft, Pinterest, and Airbnb? About me: 2 yoe, PhD, backend engineer
- Best way to get into the interview pipeline at FAANG? I am trying to get into the interview pipelines at Amazon, FB, and Netflix for remote positions. Do people have much luck reaching out on LinkedIn? I'm worried applying through company website will be a black hole. TC: ~200/6.5YOE/PhD/remote midwest
- Is it insane to start a CS Phd in mid 30s? Not trying to transition into academia or anything. I'll most likely return to working at a company or a startup. This is purely for self-gratification and hopefully having that Phd title will earn me some high-level positions or open doors in the long term. I'm specifically interested in fields li
- Google coding round - proof of concept I was asked a graph related question during my last coding round. I have written bfs and was about to walk through it using an example. Out of the blue my interviewer asked me about it’s proof of concept. I was shocked, because I have never been asked about proof of concept in any interview. I have
- vote Is a top-4 CS PhD worth it? I'm considering doing a PhD in systems from one of {MIT, Stanford, CMU, Cal}, and also have offers at Facebook and Stripe (on the infra side). Undergrad and co-term masters are also from one of the listed schools. I'm interested in the research world, but I also find engineering fun. My main goal i
- LinkedIn ML Engineer I have an Onsite interview at LinkedIn for the Senior Software Engineer- Machine Learning role. What would the interview rounds be comprised of? I am a data scientist with 4 YOE and a PhD in Math. I am very good with machine learning- theory and applications. I build ML systems in Python But I have
- LinkedIn or Google I am interviewing for data scientist roles at tech companies. I am trying to compare offers and choose the best one. How do these offers compare? Google - L5 Base - 187k with 15% bonus, 470k RSUs, TC 335 LinkedIn-- Staff Engineer Base - 215 with 15% bonus, 675k RSUs, TC 416 Cruise- Staff data sc
- link James Damore lied about his education on LinkedIn Harvard confirmed he never completed his biology PHD program, as he claimed on Linked. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/james-damore-removes-phd-studies-linkedin-2017-8 He also doesn't have an engineering or computer science degree. Had only been coding for 3 years or so. Hard
- I don't get any calls from Microsoft I am a PhD student finishing up soon, and work in the ML domain. So far for my full time and internship search during PhD, I have managed to get interviewed at all companies in FAAMG, except Microsoft. Usually, when I attend an AI conference, I reach out to recruiters at the booth and get interview
- Which companies to target as a new grad? Which companies are best to target for the first job after school? and why? I am a PhD new grad (non ML) with 3 YOE during and before school. Some companies (Netflix, Linkedin ...) prefer to hire senior developers so the chances are slim with them. Please suggest companies that hire new grads.
- Recruiters are so unprofessional This recruiter is calling out how the recruiting world is fucked up when people have “gap year”. But at the same time this recruiter doesn’t even know that these aren’t gap years… LinkedIn recruiter post are so cringy. Most companies have recruiter because telling SWE/SDM/SRE/PM/… to do recruiting
- vote Meta or LinkedIn/Pinterest/Google/Roblox Currently E5 at Meta and feel burnt out after having a baby. Constantly working 60+hrs/week and do have a clear path to E6 within 1 year. Got a few offers and thinking what’s best for the next. Priority: WLB(<50hrs/week) > Company Growth >= Level&Promo(interested in becoming EM)>= TC &g
- Possibility of Applied Scientist Role at Amazon? I currently have a MS from a Top 4 CS School and am really eager to move towards Computer Vision research. Unfortunately, I didn't get much research experience during my MS since the coursework itself was a lot and I also had some health issues. If I go get a PhD it likely won't be from a top tier s
- Amazon Senior Data Science Interview Prep I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn to interview for a Senior Data Science position at Amazon on their Books team in NYC. Any advice on interview prep would be greatly appreciated. I have a PhD in Mathematics and 6 years experience. Advice on comp requests would be helpful ... but I need
- analog / mixed-singal ic design career changes loooking at the number of new job posted on linkedin makes me feel that it might be a time to switch from this deadend narrow skillset job to some more adaptive roles. Any suggestions? with a phd from top school and several years experience of mixed-signal design, good programming skills in both c/c
- Topics for concurrency interview I see that some companies (LI?) include a concurrency interview round. What is the type of questions one gets asked? Is it basic locks and threads, or does one get into lock-free/wait-free data structures. Or is it more concurrency related to system design? TC: 150K (approximating to maintain anony
- Resume Review Hi Everyone, I was wondering if some one can help review my resume. I am looking to apply for Data Science, research science and machine learning roles. Will be finishing my PhD in May 21. Have got very little traction from recruiters on LinkedIn and mostly auto-rejects from wherever I applied onli
- Android referral Hi all, I'm an experienced engineer with 6 years experience in Android. I'm searching for new Android opportunities and would appreciate any referral help. My list of preferences in the tags below. But please feel free to suggest any other similar companies! Thanks YoE: 6 as SE, before that rese
- Data Science or Software Engineering I’ve done my undergrad in CS and have a years experience of being a data analyst at EY. I’ll start my masters program at CMU MISM program this August where I can take courses from the CS department. I’m passionate about the data science domain but from my research on LinkedIn I’ve seen that majorit
- Do you need a referral for Meta? I have some referrals left for this year and I don't want to let them go waste. If you are interested in a role at Meta, DM me the following (please don't miss anything to avoid back and forth comm.!): - LinkedIn profile - email address - did you graduate school (BS/MS/PhD) in the last 9 months? -
- vote amazon offer for L6 The team is in Seattle, but the recruiter gave me an offer in the Bay area to match the other offers (He said it's hard to create a Seattle offer to compete). The recruiter told me I can relocate to Seattle later without lowering my base/bonus/RSU. Is it true? The TC is about 630k, is it worth acce
- Why LinkedIn promotes their employees that fast?! Browse some LinkedIn employees' profiles then you will find a great great many managers / senior staffs. And a lot of them are just 2~3 years out of colleges! A lot of fresh grads in LinkedIn are promoted to “Senior” in less than a year. Then 3 promotions in a row during a two-year range! How easy.
- How much money is enough money for the first job after PhD? I'm an old (35 years old) CS PhD focussing on HPC who's soon graduating so I'm actively interviewing. 5 years ago, if you asked me how much money is good enough to you, I would say I can have a great life with 65-80k. So a job with 120k TC doing what I like to do would be a dream job. Money was my
- Data Science and ML - Referrals I'm looking for FANGMULA+ and startup referrals for Data Scientist and Machine Learning engineer positions. I have a STEM PhD, work for a national lab. Started here at the height of covid last year when most of my interviews were canceled (really bad timing and this was a safe bet), now ready to mov
- Amazon Principal Research/Applied Scientist Interview and TC I have been recently contacted by an Amazon recruiter on LinkedIn to interview for a Principal Research or Applied Scientist role. Please share your experience if you have interviewed for a similar role at Amazon. Also, how did you prepare for the interview? What is a reasonable TC to expect? I ha
- Remote software eng role (bay area) Want a remote software eng role to supplement my income and stay sharp in programming. My current role has decent TC, however, has plenty of downtime. Tried linkedin/glassdoor job search, had few interview. Very few companies seem to entertain remote roles. Is trying to get a remote role worth it
- Research Scientist at Amazon Do all Research Scientist at Amazon have PhD? Is it possible to transition to Research Scientist or Data Scientist position from a BIE position? I have experience in NLP, Regression, Classification algos but never thought of applying for this position thinking I would never get a call. However, I st
- Bay Area TC, SW industry switch Planning to switch from SW in EDA industry (c++, python, full-stack) to FAANG or other big-players (e.g. LinkedIn) in Bay Area. Could you please give an advice on compensation for the next bio? 1) 4.5 y.o.e. , Sr SWE now, lead 2 projects 2) PhD in CS + MSc in Comp.Eng. - 5y total Planning to ask
- Research Scientist without Phd? 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
- Seeking DS Referrals Looking for referrals for product focused DS roles primarily in tech companies YOE: Math PhD + 6y in academia + 1.5y DS in consulting Location: SF Bay Area (hybrid/remote/on-site) Current TC: 100k Skills: Python, PySpark, A/B Testing, Product Sense, Git, ML Algos (custom dev) Please DM or leave a