I got three offers: Amazon search science and AI, Nvidia perception, and Facebook AI Research (FAIR). I am mainly considering future TC and WLB. One caveat is while I did not ask this directly during my interview, I read that there is no intern to full time conversion at FAIR. You gain the right to interview again upon a successful internship. Looking for some insight to make my decision easier. Current TC: 27k (PhD student) #amazon #facebook #nvidia #ai #researchscientist
I think it depends on who runs the org. FAIR is great for resume. NVidia seems to have good wlb from what I hear. But you should ask folks on those teams how it is. Teams specifically not just the company.
I know that I should have, but it always felt weird to me to ask about WLB during interviews. I tend to think that it might be a waste of a question I can ask about the project I'll be working on, or I give vibes of someone who is lazy. It might feel different when I interview for full time though
I'd say it also depends on your research interests, e.g. NVIDIA tends to be more vision-focused and FAIR more NLP.
SSAI is actually great. 4 day work weeks in some parts, really smart colleagues
That's interesting! My advisor also heard of the team I will be joining (omitted for anonymity) who said it's fairly known (from a reputation perspective). I was mainly concerned about the PIP culture and poor WLB, but I wonder if any of it applies to SSAI or whether it is confined to engineering/non research teams
FAIR is great, but there is no return offer and you would have to interview from scratch as others. Don’t know about Nvidia but Amzn is a good choice to consider. Our interns enjoyed their summer work and there is not that much friction getting return offer as long as you perform well
Yeah the re-interview part is what bums me out the most. I always thought of an internship as a very long interview to test the candidates abilities. I can't imagine leetcoding again for 2 months just to return to the same role I already had
Amazon is not a good choice. Conversion from intern to full-time is a function of your manager and an arrogant bar raiser. Amazon managers are the worst in the business. They will never invest in you the way you need and if your direct manager does, your skip won't. The entire company is now managed by political empire builders who can't properly make and keep commitments. The bar raiser community is now full of "this person isn't better than me" types who have no idea how to actual lead people. Don't come to Amazon.
I voted for NVIDIA after reading that there is no conversion from intern to full time at FAIR. It was my first option. Hope you make the best decision.
What are the offer TCs, op ?
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I don't think it is. It is however more like a research scientist role which publishes papers and does research (but is classified as an applied scientist, according to the recruiter I spoke with, meaning TC is higher).