Got an offer from Tempus labs for the senior applied research scientist NLP. Also have an offer from one of the machine learning teams at Salesforce. Would appreciate advice regarding the work culture and learning opportunities at these companies. (Giving less priority to TC at this point) Tempus 200k base and considerable stock units around 10k units over 4 year, no 401k Salesforce: base 180k, stock: 75k/year, bonus:15%
If you want TC, Salesforce. If you want cool work, tempus. I'd go with tempus. You might actually get to do some really cool work. In salesforce, more engineering and Sprint planning, less actual emphasis on ML. Unless you are in the Palo Alto office
My position is in palo alto office, do you think thats better ?
That's maybe one of the best ML teams in Salesforce. There too I'd worry about how much modeling you'll be doing because they have dedicated research scientists as well.
which location for both? and what level?
I do have a very similar concern. I want to join Tempus for cool work but then RSU is illiquid and not sure how to value it.
Do you have any other offers ?
Yes, I do from public companies with strong RSU values. What do you think about the value of Tempus' RSU? I'm worried that they may never IPO or if they do, the value won't be that much i.e. Groupon, WeWork
Yup, I have the same worry, the business model overall seems not something that can generate a huge revenue, only thing I am hopeful is an acquisition.
Same here. The problem they're trying to help solve is huge: finding effective treatments for cancer and other diseases. The business model right now is that they are trying to sell these aggregate information: DNA, RNA, patient records, population records to help doctors to decide on treatment and pharma to come up with medicine. I think right now per patient, it's like 10k a pop, mostly paid by insurance. The medical industry in general has huge barriers to entry and laws are written to limit competition. Unless, they have strong competitors, this might be a money maker if they could truly deliver on their promise of effective treatment recommendations. Which opportunity are you leaning towards? I'm excited about the work Tempus but at the same time, I prefer to have cash on hand.
Do you know what team you would be joining at Tempus?
I recently got an offer from Tempus. I ran out of DMs, but would you mind chatting with me about the IPO situation?
What is your yoe? I just got a Tempus offer today with 5 yoe and I’m curious how it compares to your offer.
how much was it? thinking about reapplying (got to final round last time)
Which one did you choose Op ?
At Tempus-AI, the facade of competence crumbles in the Gen-AI division. It's a disgrance. Those google rejects they call "leadership" wouldn't know a line of code if it bit them. They peddle buzzwords instead of solutions, poisoning the workplace with their toxic ineptitude.
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