Hi Folks, Recently cleared Apple interviews as hwe. Expecting offer to be released soon. Tried meta a few times, didn’t find a good match for my skills since they are more on consumer electronics and I am on data center tpu design. Not sure about level yet at Apple. If ict 4, will not join but open to ict 5. What’s the max tc for ict5 at Apple? Blind tax: current tc 550k after goog appreciation. Edit: I heard Apple is not flexible on wfh and will travel ~20% to China? Can Apple folks confirm this? I have a one year old and currently wfh. Pretty chill at G Edit2: L5 at G #Google. #apple
STAY Completely different culture (everybody at Apple wants to come to Google). Correct in less WFH flexibility. China travel more discretionary, prob not a lot needed for that role. The grass is NOT greener in this case, even if money is higher.
I had to decline the offer, since there was no remote working option. Also I heard wlb isn't good at A
What’s your offer breakdown
Are you L5 or L6 at Google? And YOE?
Updated 5 at G
Op- Yoe ? And split of your current TC ?
Yoe 6 post PhD
ICT5 is usually MS with 15+ YOE, so PhD with 6 YOE will be difficult unless you have special skill set. What’s Googles RTO policy? I thought it’s 3 days/week like Apple.
Op- can you please share why you are planning to move to apple. Checking FB from google make sense but why apple? You will have both worse wlb and compensation. Is google’s HW team that bad or are u feeling you are stagnant at G both in terms of level/scope/learning?
Not necessarily need a change. Just wanna explore the opportunities. It largely depends on how much Apple can offer, if it can’t beat my tc, I’m staying. As for fb, tried a few roles, they don’t do Al/ml chip themselves. So my experience is not so relevant. Every time I need to explain in plain language what I’m doing to fb folks, you know there’s not much overlap
I would stay at G based on what you describe, having a one year old and pretty chill wlb there You might or not get extra comp at Apple but would definitely loose in wlb, I think your $ per hour is higher at G
haha that’s true. If they can beat my current tc, I don’t mind work a bit more. But from blind post, hardly see that. In a way I kinda understand it, bc my inflated tc is due to stock appreciation. Overall I think software company pays a bit more than hardware company for same role
Apples inflated TC in hardware is also only because of stock appreciation… don’t fool yourself
Op, Hows the tpu team at G? +1 for staying at G
what's the role? perf? rtl? dv? architect? I'd say apple has quite a way to go to catch up to G on ML chip design
Not sure why, but all my Apple friends tell me to stay with G. Too bad wlb ?