Any room for me at Waymo?

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butterss

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butterss
Jul 17, 2019 10 Comments

Looking good Waymo. Is there any room, any more room for me...in those teams.

I am starting the interview process with Waymo and wonder if a job there would actually work out for me. My background is mostly in web applications, I have zero experience in ML and Computer Vision. So I would be the rat's tail, so to speak. Can the average developer without a dozen patents in ML and Computer Vision thrive at Waymo? Are non core teams such as data infrastructure considered less important by leadership?

How is the interview process at Waymo?

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  • Microsoft / Biz Dev
    MemeGenX

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    MemeGenX
    Q: can I do well at a specialized job with non-specialized skills?
    A: maybe, but probably not
    Jul 17, 2019 2
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      butterss

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      butterss
      OP
      There's gotta be some non-specialized teams doing less interesting work though. I know I'll never be able to hit the ground running in a specialized team.
      Jul 17, 2019
    • Google
      Dilge

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      Dilge
      You certainly can work at waymo! You don't need to do and ml and they accept generalists to do generalist work.
      Jul 17, 2019
  • Delphix / Eng
    Qeou08

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    Qeou08
    No
    Jul 17, 2019 0
  • New
    qa771

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    qa771
    What's your yoe ? Wondering if the position asks for CV or ML ?
    Jul 19, 2019 1
    • New
      butterss

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      butterss
      OP
      8. The position didn’t mention either. Pm me for more details.
      Jul 19, 2019
  • Amazon
    crypto*

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    crypto*
    How did you get an interview opportunity then ?
    Jul 17, 2019 1
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      butterss

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      butterss
      OP
      Beats me. I’m not skilled in the tech stack for the position I applied for.
      Jul 18, 2019
  • Google
    dCyj41

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    dCyj41
    Unlikely, not a lot of web apps stuff. You don't have to do ML vision but you should focus on infrastructure as your alternative "way in"
    Jul 17, 2019 1
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      butterss

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      butterss
      OP
      Do you work or have worked at Waymo? I'm also guessing they wouldn't invest in me learning ML/Computer Vision on company time.
      Jul 17, 2019