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Re:At Tech’s Leading Edge, Worry About a Concentration of Power by electricslpnsld on Thursday September 26, 2019 @09:46AM (#21080819)
> No, what I really feel is that at work I am not actually treated like a servant any more but like a person.

My experience in FAANG research, outside of the pay > 100x multiplier, has been very different! In grad school we could work from anywhere at anytime, there was no requirement to be glued to a desk 14 hours a day and having to respond to emails on Friday nights or weekends or risk a bad performance review from your manager, no dystopian open office space, unlimited conference travel flexibility, etc. I actually kind of miss grad school despite having made 30K a year as a PhD student.

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Re:At Tech’s Leading Edge, Worry About a Concentration of Power by dbancajas on Thursday September 26, 2019 @05:48PM (#21085936)
> rad school we could work from anywhere at anytime, there was no requirement to be glued to a desk 14 hours a day and having to respond to emails on Friday nights or weekends or risk a bad pe

which Univ gives 30K/year PhD? My top pay was 18K/year in my last year.

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Re:At Tech’s Leading Edge, Worry About a Concentration of Power by albutr on Thursday September 26, 2019 @06:50PM (#21086451)
I think it's pretty typical, at least in physics. Every offer I had/that I have heard of was around 30k, I've only heard of one that was around ~24k iirc
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Re:At Tech’s Leading Edge, Worry About a Concentration of Power by frickinLasers on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:15PM (#21087815)
Yep, STEM majors do relatively well.
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Re:At Tech’s Leading Edge, Worry About a Concentration of Power by andrepd on Thursday September 26, 2019 @01:13PM (#21083057)
So you're making 3 million a year? :)
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Re:At Tech’s Leading Edge, Worry About a Concentration of Power by newen on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:40PM (#21087927)
Yep, my experience was similar to yours and I miss grad school due to that flexibility. I don't know where else to find such flexibility while getting paid decently.
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