Ask HN: Those making over $300k/year, how did you achieve it?

Re:Ask HN: Those making over $300k/year, how did you achieve... by throwaway713 on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @10:57AM (#16811674)

Also, not to hijack your question, but is it true that data scientists at FAANG companies earn significantly less in stock than software engineers?

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Re:Ask HN: Those making over $300k/year, how did you achieve... by thrwunderpaid on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @10:58AM (#16811682)

Not at all, this is the reason I posted this question. Some of us would like a peek into our career prospects :)

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Re:Ask HN: Those making over $300k/year, how did you achieve... by 0xB31B1B on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @10:59AM (#16811691)

Yes, but some Algo and AI researchers earn way way more.

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Re:Ask HN: Those making over $300k/year, how did you achieve... by throwaway713 on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @11:10AM (#16811875)

What would an example of one of these people’s background be? And what job title? Individual contributor or director?

“Research Scientist” perhaps, with a PhD from Stanford in NLP would be my best guess, but I have no clue.

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Re:Ask HN: Those making over $300k/year, how did you achieve... by inmyunix on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:17PM (#16812633)

you're exactly right. they're top phd's from the very top schools. hand-picked and referred out by professors who have relationships in the pvt sector. that's not to say there aren't guys who don't fit this description, but this is who gets recruited.

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