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Re:As Silicon Valley fights for talent, universities struggl... by eitally on Saturday April 02, 2016 @06:49AM (#11411044)
Just to be clear, that was year 1 total comp, not base salary.
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Re:As Silicon Valley fights for talent, universities struggl... by pgbovine on Saturday April 02, 2016 @11:45AM (#11411907)
yep, but if you're good (e.g., a deep learning expert nowadays) and work on mission-critical, visible projects at a company with rising stock prices (Google, FB, etc.), i'm sure you can sustain $200k total comp each year as a fresh Ph.D. grad.
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