Re:New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
by astrange on Thursday January 21, 2021 @08:18PM
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I've been told by CPU engineers at Apple that they're not paid very well, especially compared to software, but that competitors just pay slightly less.
Re:New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
by BeetleB on Thursday January 21, 2021 @09:19PM
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I have a friend at Intel who was offered a job at Apple. He's a manufacturing guy (not circuits/CPU, but still HW). He lives in Portland. They wanted him to move to Cupertino, and offered him 15% more than what he currently makes. Taking COL into account that's a demotion.
So I can believe Apple doesn't pay non-SW folks that much.
Re:New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
by systemBuilder on Friday January 22, 2021 @03:34PM
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It's a problem of overproduction of electrical engineers by academia. I have met graduates of top-30 EE schools who work at quickie marts in North America. I'm not joking about this I was a professor at that top-30 department when I met this graduate.
Re:New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
by 908B64B197 on Friday January 22, 2021 @04:11PM
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I was told a lot of EE majors nowadays move to software as soon as they graduate.
Again with this location based compensation trend. Maybe it works for flipping burgers but it seriously break down when you are a global player hiring from a pool of global talent.
You can play CoL games and count beans as much as you want, but the engineering talent Intel is after are also pursued by companies like Apple that are wat above market rate.