- very smart colleagues - impactful research and previously, a lot of freedom - good TC
- it has become very political - sexual assault case cover up is not good for morale - preferred work life before the merger with Google brain - some of the best minds are leaving - a lot more product focused and less research - stricter publishing guidelines
Are non-Google bets (Verily, Calico, DeepMind, Waymo, X) not compensated in GSUs? I’ve heard Verily at least is in stock options. Are the levels or salary bands different too?
Do Deepmind engineers and researchers travel more frequently between MPK and London offices than other Google members ? I am aware of few folks who are still travelling regularly every 1-2 months between two offices, so just wondering if Google’s recent travel ban applies to Deepmind folks or not ?...Read more
Left meta when stock price dropped, don't want to join back at ATH Anyone else who pays similar ( forget about recent stock bump)? Good ML work is icing on the cake Referrals appreciated, open to working in hedge funds too Yoe: 10 TC: £150k + paper money #google #microsoft #amazon #deepmind #jane...Read more
I have been getting a feeling lately that there is a growing negative in-general perception about Alphabet as a whole especially from stock growth point of view. I feel that some of the beasts that we have are much more worth than they are in hiding e.g. waymo, verily, YouTube , deepmind, cloud and...Read more
https://stocks.apple.com/AL_9sb7PXTMuXqlLCjDKzwg Can't be good for our stock. Elon Musk has a new obsession: Google. The billionaire has been posting about the Big Tech company on X at a steady rate. Since the launch of Google's Gemini image generator, he's shared and replied to more than 100 post...Read more
I work in tech recruiting (full disclosure: recruited in the past for Google and Uber ATG) and was helping a new recruiter with getting calibrated on profiles. So, I figured I would make a list to share some top tech companies with her while she searched for top Software Engineers (SWEs). But once ...Read more
Hi For myself * worked at a startup from seed to series C (2 years) * worked at another startup from series D to series E (2 years) * work at Google ( 1year) I have some input to compare working for big tech vs startups I personally think big tech is better for the following reasons: 1. Startup ...Read more