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Re:Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain by bitL on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:05PM (#15012320)
Just wondering - does a normal person stand a chance to join Google Brain, or do you need to make node.js, swift, own self-driving car or another crazy project to get in?
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Re:Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain by litzer on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:15PM (#15012420)
Not sure about in general, but it seems like their residency program [0] gives a good shot at landing on the team afterwards and is accessible to "normal" people passionate about ML

[0] https://research.google.com/teams/brain/residency/

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Re:Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain by dontreact on Monday August 14, 2017 @11:26PM (#15015153)
Another way is to do 20% and then transfer in which is what I did. That seems doable (I don't have PhD for example).
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Re:Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain by jadekler1 on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @09:20AM (#15017927)
What do you mean by 20%?
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Re:Chris Lattner Joins Google Brain by dontreact on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @02:30PM (#15029920)
Start on another team at Google (preferably using ML) and do 20% time with Brain.
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