Hey,
Considering a tough choice right now. Currently L3 at Google Brain, 1.5YoE.
Brain Pros:
- top tier colleagues
- interesting work
- huge growth and learning opportunities
- 190k TC
Brain Cons:
- underpaid and overworked
- not sure of career path if I don’t go for a PhD
JPM AI pros:
- very nascent org, so huge potential upside on impact
- better hours than Brain probably
- 350k TC (I don’t think I could reach this number anywhere else within 2 years....)
JPM Cons:
- way less interesting work
- quality of codebase and colleagues is a crapshoot
- way more bureaucracy (but if I can wade through it, lots of potential impact?)
Essentially... is 350k enough for me to “sell out”? Ideally I’d want to optimize for growth and be learning a balanced skill set that isn’t just academic research but isn’t just applying SOTA to cut and dry business problems. But I also am frustrated with TC at Brain and ladder mobility.
Would appreciate advice as I’m still fairly early into my career.
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what the fuck have you been smoking kiddo, do you realize your value to the company especially during the first year is likely negative? you barely started proving some value and already got on the highest horse you could find.
to answer your actual question - i’d stay at google, non zero chance jp morgan will soon realize you all produce nothing of value and lay you off, close off the department or follow some new stupid trend.
1. Go in with an open mindset. The skills you learn in finance will serve you much more than any technical chop you can pick up at Brain in the long term.
2. They can and will fire you next year. That is why your TC is high. They might even pay you for an extra year after firing you depending on what projects you are on. It is normal and not a bad thing.