Hi fellow blinders, I need help evaluating some offers. I'm currently a research data scientist at Meta, on the high side of IC5 (have been IC5 for 1.5 years and will likely be promoted to IC6 next half). I've been applying to MLE roles at other companies, since DS is treated fairly badly at Meta in my experience (no ownership, second class citizen to eng roles). I received a few offers, two of which I'm considering (the others not so much). One is from Uber, a senior role (I forget what it's called but it's the first level in the senior bracket), TC would be at least 400K ("likely quite a bit higher," quoted from recruiter, but exact numbers won't be shared until I'm ready to evaluate the offer). The other is from Google, L4, no quote on TC yet (the packet just passed through HC this week and haven't done team matching yet). I have concerns about Uber because, well, the stock price and prospect of layoffs/hiring freeze. On the other hand, I don't know if going to google at L4 is a waste of my YoE, and I hear promos at Google are slow/a lot of bureaucracy. At the same time, I can *possibly* understand the down level given the switch from DS -> MLE, though I thought the interviews went quite well (also note that eng roles earn quite a bit more than DS when it comes to equity, and I imagine the longer I stay as a DS, the harder it will be switch to senior SWE/MLE roles in the future; but also note that I'm in a research DS role, which is quite a bit different than analytics DS role at Meta). ============== YoE: 4 (all at Meta) Offers: Google MLE L4 - no numbers given yet (what is expected for L4 at Google?) Uber MLE Senior - no concrete numbers given yet; soft floor of 400K but "likely quite a bit higher" from recruiter Meta RDS - ~310K? (last year was 350K when stock price was high) ============== Thoughts? I'm both asking with TC in mind, but also career growth and potential future opportunities (which feel somewhat stifled as a RDS at Meta, at least compared to eng roles/careers). I also appreciate any rationale you may have for your vote in the comments section :) #google #uber #meta
Meta for level Uber for role Google for stability Meta / Uber for the pay
Education level?
Congratulations 🎈🍾🎉🎊 I would go with google as it might offer better opportunity to learn/improve ML engineering skills. Are you a PhD from top school?
Hey, can I please DM you?
Congrats on the offers! :) Can I DM about the RDS role at Meta? I’m interviewing for it and would love some info about what’s expected.
@Op , can I dm you about the RDS role pls.
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The reason I ask is because Analytics DS to L4 SE or MLE both are favorable switch. But will depend on your interest as well