- vote Google or Airbnb L6 - offers Base/stock(annual)/annual bonus G/225/250/45 = $520 (search team in MTV) A/240/300/50 = $600 (infra team in SF) Been with IBM for 10 years and was looking for a change. G recruiter said I had Strong hires across the board, but they could not match AirBnb. Both are amazing offers, about to tripple m
- Age related issues Is 36 considered a bit old to join Google / Facebook / Amazon as a Senior Software Engineer ? Assume someone with PHD CS and 6 YOE after PhD
- I am facing a moral crisis, HELP🔥 I grew up in a small town in India where the educational standards were very substandard. My parents took a big career hit (and spent a ton of money) to relocate to a city with better educational resources for two years until I finished high school. They also paid for all of my college which I am ve
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and industry lounge. - Decline or accept offer I’ve L5 offer from Airbnb. TC 400k. I’ve been delaying to accept the offer since 2 weeks now. Recruiter today said that I’ve just one more day. I interviewed with Google for L6 and it went fine. I’ve been waiting to hear from recruiter but he is delaying HC review for his own personal reasons. Goog
- Has Chandrayaan2 inspired any smart Indian engineers to join ISRO? The Chandrayaan2 lunar rover launch by Indian space research organization failed at the last stage and lost communication. It carried dozens of high tech instrumentation to gather data. Hundreds of scientists and engineers had burned the midnight oil working on it. ISRO chief got very emotional abou
- Intel Compensation Phd+6YOE, what is the expected compensation in Santa Clara? Need to know base/annual bonus/RSUs. Current TC: 210
- Growth in Data Science after Masters ( non PhD) I have recently been told that PhD peeps have to concur an opportunity cost of $ 400-500K ( assuming 50% savings of $200 TC of fresh Masters grads). Losing $500K dollars for the first five years seems alright if a PhD guarantees, from what I heard starting at 250K TC and unbounded growth, while the
- Non-Trad PhD to MSFT L63 ML Scientist. AMA. It's almost my one year anniversary in MSFT (joined Oct 2018). I'm giving back to Blind, so AMA. First, I have a Non-Trad PhD (aka not CS or maths). I made a mistake of not following TC. Wasted 5 years of my life for a useless PhD, and condemned to endless postdoc in the hope of shitty professor po
- Those who are swe from a non-CS degree, do you feel disadvantaged? How hard was it to get your first CS job with non-CS background? Once you had your first job, did it really matter after that? From my understanding: 1. Product Manager needs an MBA to grow and switch jobs. An PM with an MBA degree will be preferred over a PM with no MBA (even for experienced hires
- Coming from PhD to Industry: What’s next? Your advice is appreciated I truly appreciate your honest advice. Thanks a lot. I got a PhD from MIT (ML+Privacy), and joined Google (I’m 27) . My team works on something that needs very basic ML (regression) and the product does not seem intresting to me so I’m considering a change. However, I’m not sure what’s the best st
- Do MLEs get paid more than non phd product data scientists? 5 yoe data scientist with masters Question says it all. How difficult is it for product data scientists to pivot to MLE roles?
- L3 google lowball I’m an L3 at Google making 190k TC with 2 yoe. I am feeling so depressed because my TC doesn’t even break the 200k barrier and I also feel like I should have been leveled at L4. Also I was not able to match with a machine learning team which is what I really wanted. I really hope to get promo in 1
- Leetcode longer to get top tier offers, or enter low tier companies to leetcode more Started studying leetcode too late. Has already graduated from a Physics PhD program and have been unenployed. Is it better to leetcode more and aim for a top tier company? Or just aim for lower tier companies, get in first for TC and exp, then continue leetcoding there? On OPT with part time low
- H1B RFE denied. What are my options? Got status update on USCIS website that H1B has been denied after I responded to RFE. Issue is that I have a PhD in mechanical engineering and I am working as a software engineer. My PhD was focused on computational techniques and I took a ton of CS courses that enable me to be an SDE but USCIS does
- I'm going to be 34 in October! South Asian Female. pretty hot! 🔥 For a long time I didnt worry about age at all. I'm from Kolkata where its not common to go abroad for studies. I studied at a premier college in India ane worked at a MNC for some years before I even knew going international was possible. Wasted about 2.5 years
- Any PhD’s here feeling like they have sold their soul to the dark side? How long does that feeling take to go away?
- Any ex-academics here? I moved into industry this year right after finishing PhD. I was a bit of an overzealous student in grad school - I published often, was very active in research circles and participated in several conferences and workshops. The expectation from academic folks that knew me was that I would continue i
- From Academic to Data Science PhD in CIS wants to switch to data science. Applied data science research in academic paper. What’s the best approach to make this transition? Any suggestions are appreciated
- 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
- It is hilarious to see people having “, MS” after their names on Linkedin The bar for master’s prgroam is too low nowadays, even lower than undegraduate programs. I have a PHD an two master’s from a prestigious school, and I don’t even want to brag about it. In the end, we are just some monkeys working for fking billionaires. It is just so hilarious to see people having “
- Just accepted a Google low ball Fresh PhD (6 months of exp) got an offer with 140k base 150k/4 stock 25k sign up bonus Bay area L4 It seems that a number of phds are getting these types of offers based on levelsfyi... Feel bad and happy, happy to go to Google but bitter about the TC, I feel demotivated already 😔 I'm thinking
- Do LeetCode data science profiles pay more? Non-phd data scientist with 5 yoe in product data science. Trying to find the most lucrative way ahead and I have these options: (1) Grind Leetcode and get into an MLE position (or some other SWE+DS role) (2) Continue as a product data scientist For some reason, I think (2) < (1) with respect to p
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and industry lounge. - Uber most recent l5 comp Got an offer from Uber last week as l5. Base: 190k Initial equity: 16k (~$42 per share?) Cash bonus: 21k Refresher: ~100k. TC: ~315k if excludes initial equity Current TC: ~380k (E5 with continuously exceed rating) YOE: ml/ai PhD + 6 YOE Excluding initial equity, the Uber offer comp is obviously
- amazon l6 sr engineer offer received the offer below for sr engineer @ amazon bellevue base: 160k yr1 bonus: 135k yr2 bonus: 110k stock over 4 years: 210 units comes down to tc $313k/yr phd + 10 yoe any thoughts on the offer and negotiation strategy?
- Google L5 comp, what do you think? 190k base 540k RSU (edited, 540RSU was a typo) 50k sign on YOE: 7.5 Have a PhD but not in CS Should I negotiate for more? new numbers: 190k base, 600k RSU, 50k sign on. final numbers after competing with fb E5: 200k, 800k, 75k
- vote Dealing with relationship situation Guys, I need help. I'm female, 33, TC 350k. I've been in a relationship with this man I completely love for around 4.5 years. I'm in SF and he lives on the east coast, is completing his PhD as of end 2019 in mathematics. The topic of marriage has come up and we are running against a wall. He want
- Folks who joined Apple as new grad PhDs What was your initial TC in [base/4-yr RSU/perf bonus] format? My initial TC: ~200k [155k/105k/13%] Edit: Thanks for the wonderful insights, blind. Y’all will get me fired one day.
- Thanks Blind! Posting here to hide current company. I am moving to Google from a government contractor, as a TPM. Blind was a big help in understanding the landscape for level and TC. Here’s how much it helped me: YoE: 12 plus PhD Current TC: 200k First offer (lowball): L5 @ 275k Signed offer: L6 @ 445k (215/
- What's it like leaving a major tech hub? Right now I live and work in Boston as a Software Engineer. I like my current job and I like that there are lots of other potential employers around that treat employees well. But I also like my gf who is getting a phd and going on the job market in a year or two. This means that I'll likely be leav
- Necessity for PhD in Applied/Data Scientist roles at FAANG ? I am finished with my masters in theoretical computer science. I have recently developed an interested in the world of data science and is something I want to pursue professionally. I was planning to do a masters in data science/AI but have been facing this dilemma of PhD -vs- MSc. Researching, cons
- Bay area jobs for graduating Chemical Engineering PhD Hi friends, I'm a PhD Candidate in chemical engineering, expecting to graduate in the next 9 months, and I'm looking to explore career opportunities (internship or FT) in the bay. I don't have much industry experience but I'm hard working and willing to learn. I have good quantitative and experimen
- Feel bad about my TC I am a DS with 1 YOE at an investment firm in NY. I got this job right after my PhD in physics (cern if you know it). Coming from academia, I thought my TC of 125k/20k is decent until I started Blind. It seems that TC > 200k is common for a DS role with similar background, although YOE is usually l
- Anyone else feel bad about their high TC? I wake up feeing bad about my TC (240k) which is super high compared to my TC during PhD (34k). But I go to bed feeing quite happy about it 🤷♂️
- vote FAIR vs Amazon Alexa AI as a PhD fresh grad? Which one is better in terms of usual TC, work life balance? It would be great if you can provide some pros and cons. Thanks
- Best companies/teams for high-impact machine learning? Current PhD student working in ML. Looking for a place that does a great job pushing ML into high-impact production. I've done two internships. One was a late-stage startup with lots of prediction problems, but everyone just used regression. No process at the time to integrate serious real-time ML
- vote 185k TC at a series B startup? I recently got an offer from a startup in the bay area for 160 base + 25k stock options (edited). It's a machine learning related position. I haven't yet negotiated the TC yet. They have about 150+ employees and working on an interesting fintech product. I'm also planning to apply and see at FAANG/t
- Any humanities PhDs out there? What do you do for work? Wondering as I stuck with my full office job (obtained after my STEM undergrad) as there weren't any opportunities to use my linguistics doctorate. Loved my research and miss it terribly. What are the rest of you humanities doctors doing?
- link A PhD student was forced to commit suicide Due to stressful deadline and working around fabricated data and result, Huxiang Chen decided to suicide. 😔 Quote: “Considering that this will have an impact on my career in the future and my reputation in the area of Computer Architecture, my future life will be worse than death and I will be to
- How do I get in to Google as a Research Scientist Thanks to Blind my eyes are now open. What is required to get an interview call for a Research Scientist position in Computer Vision. Should I work on a CVPR/NeurIPS paper to get in ? I have a few papers in Journals during my PhD but I haven't been publishing since I started working. TC: 115K ( I
- Expected TC for Netflix Sr Research Scientist I am expecting an offer from Netflix for a Senior Research Scientist position ( ML). Anyone knows about how much TC I should ask for? Current TC- 260k YOE-6 (MS, non PhD)
- vote L5 at Google, what next? First job after PhD, now L5 with TC around $360k. I'm pretty frugal so NW is ~$1.1M now, growing quickly. Yearly expenses are around $36k in HCOL which I don't mind leaving. So I'm pretty much ready to retire after less than 5 years of work (I'm 35). Not bad. I don't mind the work that much, it's e
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and industry lounge. - Career advice for AI HW engineer Hi I am a RTL frontend designer by training. By my pure passion (and luck) for AI since 2015 I was able to get into AI HW accelerator space. I worked for 2 years making FPGA accelerators after which with the help of Udacity I moved within the company into building deep learning models. I worked on N
- How relevant must grad degree be to H1B Job Can I continue working as SWE or Data scientist if i have a Physics Phd and want to move from OPT to H1B?
- link lol > My father has a PhD in Physics. I believe in science. https://twitter.com/andrewyang/status/1107819702791929856 Lol - this guy 🤦♂️
- Got into a GANDFAADU company as SDE2, what next? (Google Amazon Netflix Dropbox Facebook Apple Adobe Doordash Uber) YoE : 3 TC : 65k USD Location : India Goals - $1mil TC in 5 years, making Director in 10(or a director level IC - Distinguished Engineer), or some really kickass research papers. (Stretch goals are a thing) Will be joining Google
- what TC to expect google L5 mtv PhD + 2 years Accademia + 3.5 years industry Competing offer from LinkedIn and FB
- vote Am I underpaid? Tc: 200k, yoe: 0, PhD
- Advise Currently at Intel Labs with 2 YOE. PhD in ECE. Got job offers from the following places: IBM TJ watson AI hardware (Research position) Facebook Oculus hardware (not Reality labs, product/implementation role) Google Cloud hardware (product/implementation role) Goal: to stay in research as much as po
- Any Discrimination Against Chinese in Boston Tech? YoE: 0 TC: $0 Will it be hard for an Asian/Chinese dude to find a coding/tech job in the Boston area? Will be working under OPT, have STEM Phd from top college in the Cambridge area. Started LC 50 easys so far. Browsed company team photos and spotted few asian males. This got me wondering.
- Help needed! I feel bored :( I work for Google (joined 6 months ago after PhD). Overall, I believe it’s great comany (TC, culture, team). However, I feel like I’m using 20% of my capacity at most. Everyone tells me that Google is dream company, blah blah blah (and I think it’s great company)! However, I don’t enjoy my job for