- got hit by major illness Hi everyone, I got my PhD in CS, got a decent job (albeit low pay because i still wanted to keep doing core research) in the Bay area. Worked here 7 years and got pretty good feedback from my employer. And in 2016 got hit by a major illness. I kept trying to manage my job and my health problem but
- Help! Which should I join? I have 3 offers (I work in machine learning algo design as a principal DS in a startup, 7 years exp + PhD) Amazon L5 - 300k TC (they're low balling - should ideally give L6, they came up with a story that they need external L6 hire to be better than 50% of all L6 in amazon) Intuit staff data scien
- Should I Quit Google? Joined Google 8 Month Ago with a PhD (from ivy) to be an ML expert for the team. I have transformed some heuristic based approaches to ML ones in only 5 months, however, the priority of the team has changed and it seems we dont really need an ML person anymore, so most of my time goes for frond-end
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and industry lounge. - vote Choosing offer Currently in Austin with my wife. She is starting her PhD at UT in a program she really likes. 2.5 YOE Current Offer A: TC 150k Austin Offer B: TC 250k Bay Area Both are great companies and good teams. What would you choose?
- Google L4 Offer I received an L4 offer at Google Cloud Sunnyvale location. Base $150k Target Bonus 15% Stocks: 190k over 4 years No sign on Bonus TC = $220k Background: Phd in CS from Top 15 University in U.S with focus on Machine Learning. 7 years experience Current TC: $250k I've done 500+ Leetcode questions
- Tired of interviewing I want to move out of Fb, but I am not getting any good opportunities outside. Rejected: Nuro, small startup Awaiting: Airbnb(All rounds done) and Google(awaiting hiring committee) Companies not interested in my profile: Netflix, Cruise, Pinterest, Lyft, TripAction I am not interested in: Amazon, Ap
- vote Fixes for sleep problems I keep seeing people posting about their sleep problems and insomnia here on Blind. I did my PhD on the subject, I’m an expert in behavioral sleep medicine, and could give personalized solutions if I could do individual video/phone consultations. Would anyone be interested in this? Would you pay a s
- Phd at 25-30? I recently turned 21. I have the privilege of loving my (low cost of living) east european home country. Therefore, if I just keep my job for the next ~3 years, I should be able to comfortably retire in my home country. However, I enjoyed undergrad a lot, helped a lot of lecturers with labs/seminar
- How is everyone here so rich? It looks like everyone and their grandma makes at leaat 300k here. How TF is that possible?? Is everyone here a machine learning PhD with 15 yoe working at Google? What kind of background and credentials do I need to bring in that kind of money? Is it possible with just a bachelor's? Or do I need
- Apple SEG Offer I interviewed with SEG for a hardware verification role, and after two rounds of negotiation got the following numbers for ICT3. Base: 145k Bonus: 20k RSU: 90k/4 What are your thoughts? Is there room for more negotiation? TC: 0 (new grad PhD)
- Intel grade 9 TC compare to Bay area I came into Intel as a grade 7 phd RCG 6 years ago. im lucky enough to just get my grade 9 this year Base: $152K Bonus $60K Stock: $30-45K depends on the year TC: $240-250K I’m pretty happy with what i do and where I am in Portland, but i know the RSU is like a joke compare to bay area companies.
- link Google L5 offer - 285k - Seattle Hi folks, I have a Google offer for an L5 SWE postion: Base 165k Bonus 15% (25k) Stocks 380k Sign on 20k TC 285k This sounds like a pretty average L5 offer, what do you think? Recruiter told me base was maxed out so I should be happy, but I have seen many TCs here and on levels.fyi with higher b
- Evaluating offer that is a promo but low-ball stock Currently a 5a at Uber, got a staff engineer offer at a fast-growing startup called Sonder (staff for them being like Uber's L5b or high L5/low L6 in general) in the bay area that recently became a unicorn. They claim to be a rocketship, constantly compare themselves to Uber, Airbnb, etc. Salary:
- Is Amazon hiring bar too low. So im applying to other internships at FANG and constantly getting rejections. I feel like I got into amazon just by stroke of luck. When I discuss my amzn experience with other FANG folks they seem not really interested. I was wondering if I need to work on enhancing further ML skill set or focus o
- MSFT L64 to AMZN L7. Possible? Is it possible to go from MS L64 to AZ L7? What does it take to make it happen? YoE: 6 after PhD
- How to tell manager my pay is not at par with Apple? Hello! I got a verbal offer from Apple a year ago which went nowhere because the req was not approved by the Sr VP at Apple. They said they hired someone else before me who got the req. It was a bummer to me as it happened after i got the verbal offer and negotiated. Anyway, I have moved on to Amazo
- MSFT Offer Evaluation L62 Offer from Azure: base: $150k RSU: $150k over 4 years sign-on: 50k over two years Target Bonus: 0-20% of base, avg 10% Stock Bonus: 0-$22K, avg $11k Total in Year 1: $237K I am SDE2 and my TC is 245k with PhD and 6yoe. Not sure why they put me in L62.
- 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
- leetcode? for the nonTechie (me) explain leetcode: -what is it? -how is it better than a phd? thats all i hear from you guys... -get you a job
- 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
- Google interviewers: do you look at resumes? Google interviewers, do you look at a candidates resume before the interview? If so, do you adjust the interview questions acccordingly? For example, would you ask a Phd from Stanford harder questions than a fresh bootcamp grad? When are you selected to interview a candidate, is there any other data
- Offer evaluation Microsoft l61, Google L3 and Amazon SDE2 One of my friend is doing master's and got offers from google, ms and amazon. He had 2 years work ex in ml prior to master's in a unicorn outside US. He needs help making a decision. He is interested in working on ml. Amazon Sunnyvale - SDE 2 Alexa ai - nlp + software engineering work Microsoft
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and industry lounge. - google offer Engineering manager offer from G. Bay Area. ML work. TC $380k. PhD+6YOE. Fair or negotiate?
- Current 401K balance and age Could not save any during my 20s(Phd) Current Balance: 250K(includes wife's 401K) Age: 33 Am I fucked?
- 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
- 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/
- 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
- 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.
- how to study math for ML paper literally saying, i am very interested in ML. I know just basic ML(masters university levels). but i feel like i need to be more mathematical person to be a first author of ml papers.(have one as second author in nips but i was just a supporter) instead going to phD, what can i do to improve my m
- Goto in interview Was listening to a talk by a FB eng manager and she mentioned that in one of the interviews she was conducting, a PhD guy used a “goto” statement. Which turns out was a big red flag and they rejected the candidate. Coming from a kernel/systems background I find that incredibly wrong. What do guys
- I have a PhD in linguistics and want to get into tech. Is there a way in? Got my master's and PhD while working over many years. A lot of my colleagues became adjunct professors, or worked in international relations in countries whose languages they researched. I'd like to get into tech - make the minority languages I worked on usable on computers; design fonts and input
- 85K with PhD for Data Science position too little or too much. Hi all, I am in the market for data science jobs and have recently received an offer. The recruiter said that my 4 years of consulting experience doesn’t count as actual experience and that my starting salary would be 85,000. This job is in Dallas, Texas. I have a PhD in Comp Sci from a renown uni
- Does start date affect refresher eligibility at Facebook and Amazon? If start date is in Jan will I miss out on refreshers at the year end? Should I push to start before the year ends? TC: 180K YOE: 3 post PhD
- FANG vs PhD in AI with own startup So im currently slated to start at FB this spring and will be on track to make ~200k+ new grad in comp. If you go on cscareers, all the children will decry phd routes as non optimal, which i agree, given you just return to fang anyways and dont do shit in your life. But right now AI startups ran b
- New Grad comp for Quant in Hedge Fund What is the new grad market rate for working as a quant developer and a quant researcher in a small hedge fund? Have ivy league PhD in Physics and production coding experience. Company in the East coast.
- PhD at clarkson university got accepted for Phd program in CS. i know it’s expensive but overall what people think about it?
- 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
- An alternative to HR1044 and S386 This is meant to open a proper discussion. Please do not target any group with insults or hate. I have Indian friends, and I care about them as well. Let's start with the things I believe we agree on: - American jobs should protect American citizens first and foremost - H-1B body shops whose sole
- Google Offer FYI -- I already accepted and will be starting there soon. L7 SWE (Senior Staff Software Engineer) in Mountain View, CA, USA. Theoretical Physics PhD & post-doc + ~28 years' software industry experience, primarily in distributed systems, previously a Principal Software Engineer at mid-size startup.
- Relationship advice My girlfriend and I have been doing distance for a year now but its getting really tough. Shes in her last year of school and then plans to do her phd in the bay area. its looking like another 1.5 years of distance. is the distance worth it? definitely miserable but I was thinking the distance will
- ML too easy? has ML become too easy for anyone to do these days? companies are hiring kids with bachelors degrees and barely a few years of work, sometimes not even.. I feel like getting a PhD wasnt that useful in getting a huge leg up .. 🤷🏻♂️
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and industry lounge. - 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 “
- data science undergrad intern at FAANG does anyone know of intern roles at FAANG companies + Microsoft that would be willing to consider undergrads? i have previous internship experience and a 3.7 gpa, the biggest obstacle is that most roles require a PhD. im open to data analyst or data science roles
- vote What are you currently doing with your top 10 US CS university degree? If you're a manager, please select the primary focus of your team / department / org. The degree can be a bachelor's, master's or PhD. If the degree is from a top 10 CS university but isn't in a software-related field, please select the "I don't have one" option. NOTE: please only select what you
- vote Ms or PhD necessary for growth Does MS or PhD play important role when people are being promoted to higher position (staff or above) and they not only lead projects but also come up with new tech for future (i.e. given chance to research and experiment) thereby helping company discover new areas?
- When it Rains it Pours LETS START FROM THE TOP 🔊 Monday: -Car broke down on the interstate on a bridge, couldn't keep driving water pump failure -Cost of repairs total to around 3k -Got rejected by all 3 PHD internships I applied for after 2nd round of interviews Facebook NY, Ama
- 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
- link lol > My father has a PhD in Physics. I believe in science. https://twitter.com/andrewyang/status/1107819702791929856 Lol - this guy 🤦♂️
- 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
- 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