Any good research companies that take new grads? (AI/CV/ML)
Feb 3, 2019
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I'm graduating in May with my bachelors, but I want to apply for a PhD in AI/CV/ML at the end of this year for Fall 2020 admission.
Are there any companies where I could get some type of research role as a new grad? I'm trying to get a lot of research experience before I apply. I've done a few months of research experience from school, and a couple related internships
If not, anyone have any suggestion for how I can get more research experience to prepare for grad school?
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For research role, you will need a PhD .
You can’t get a research role without one . Get the experience in grad school then apply to be a research intern or something
G, F and openai, M and Amzn -in that order.
(specifically: Deepmind, FAIR, openai, Brain, MSR, Amzn).
M and Amzn you have a much better chance at getting in without being a top name in the field (FAIR/Deepmind will expect a lot more). But this also means that there aren't many big players at MSR or Amazon. You might get into Brain, but a lot of their stuff is just engineering work (eg 1 researcher for every 10 engineers).
Also, the big guys (f/g/M/Amzn) might try to demote you into engeering roles with consolation titles (eg; ML Eng, Data Eng, Research Eng) - so be very skeptical there. At this stage in your career it is important to flex your creativity and put out some great papers/patents/products. It doesn't really matter what company you do that under (assuming you have freedom and resources), the upside to PhD is you get the mentorship and ability to work on a superset of the topics.
The worst thing you could do for yourself is get complacent in a role that doesn't align with your career goals. I have watched many friends who participated in ML research during undergrad go one to accept roles writing generic backend code at FANG companies. Don't settle in your job hunt, seek out good mentors/teams/roles, and do grad school if you don't strike gold.