where do you find php contracting for that which lasts long enough to make 350 a year?
Initially one of those elite consulting marketplace things. And then my own pool of referrals. I hate PHP so I set my rate higher on those projects and people still pay it.
What is an elite consulting marketplace? Where do I find one?
Care to share a link to your licensed ML product, for those of us who're curious? Got any tips for people who are playing with the idea of doing something similar?
It’s face recognition software, I don’t have a website, and for obvious reasons I’m pretty quiet about it.
The field has changed so much that I don’t know if I could still give advice.
> I’d have a hard time finding a job in ML for $300K
If you have 10 years of experience practicing ML, AmaGoogFaceSoft would be falling over themselves to pay you $300k+ in total compensation.
Whether you'd want to move to SF/NY/Seattle and work for them, though, is another question!
I used to work for them. I still found that I have a $300K ceiling.
That's literally impossible. What level did you get hired at? I'm assuming at least 5 given your background/exp? That's more than 300k EZ unless you're talking about salary only.
Google lvl 5 total comp is ~$320K. So it is pretty close and still less than PHP consulting.
Aren't there ranges within the levels? I know of people receiving offers of more than $320k at T5 and equivalents beyond Google.
I quit my last job after bringing in over $100M in profit and only getting a $30K bonus.
Now it would take ~$500K and an ‘eat what you kill model’ for me to consider going back to work.
These days I make my money from licensing ML products which gives me a lot of time to study - which is what I enjoy doing.