Research Scientist without PhD?

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PrivateerJ

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Oct 20, 2021 6 Comments

Would it be possible for a company like DeepMind or Brain to hire a RS without a PhD?

Suppose I had 3-5 years of experience of being a staff researcher at an Ivy league institution, and 3-5 years of experience as a research scientist at a late stage expiremental tech startup. In addition, a couple of publications at top ML conferences and several at lower ranked ones/non ML venues. But only a BS, no PhD or MS.

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    noado

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    noado
    How’d you get 6-10 years of professional research experience to start with? Seems to me like that’s more than enough to get where you want to go.
    Oct 20, 2021 1
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      PrivateerJ

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      I don't, yet, I'm just trying to figure out if I'm going to hit a ceiling in a couple of years.
      Oct 20, 2021
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    PHxi13

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    PHxi13
    "3-5 years of research experience at an ivy league institution" is called a PhD.

    what most tech startups call RS is actually something between RE and DS so I doubt it will count unless it's at OpenAI level in which case you've already made it, congrats.

    first-author publications is what counts for an RS. if you can independently get several first-author papers into top ML conferences then by all means go for the RS title.
    Oct 21, 2021 1
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      PrivateerJ

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      Well, I got paid more than PhD student but did not get a degree 🙃

      Gotcha about pubs, so only solo-authored or first-authored? I have coauthored ones but I'm not first author on any yet. I can work on that, though.
      Oct 21, 2021
  • how'd it go OP? I'm also curious if i can do research without a PhD.
    Are you a RS now?
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    SaitamaOP

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    SaitamaOP
    Yes, get those publications that’s all that matters for these types of industry labs
    Jan 16 0