I think DM clearly restricts REs more than OpenAI (and I assume Anthropic). I know of REs at DM who have found it annoying/difficult to lead projects because of being REs, I know of someone without a PhD who left Brain (not DeepMind but still Google so prob more similar) partly because it was restrictive, and lead team at OAI/Anthropic, and I know of people without an undergrad degree who have been hired by OAI/Anthropic. At OpenAI I’m not aware of it being more difficult for people to lead projects etc because of being ‘officially an RE’. I had bad experiences at DM that were ostensibly related to not having a PhD (but could also have been explained by lack of research ability).
I would love to hear actual details of these cases (presumably less publicly); at this level of granularity I can’t tell to what extent this should change my mind (I can imagine worlds consistent with both your statements and mine).
I think DM clearly restricts REs more than OpenAI (and I assume Anthropic). I know of REs at DM who have found it annoying/difficult to lead projects because of being REs, I know of someone without a PhD who left Brain (not DeepMind but still Google so prob more similar) partly because it was restrictive, and lead team at OAI/Anthropic, and I know of people without an undergrad degree who have been hired by OAI/Anthropic. At OpenAI I’m not aware of it being more difficult for people to lead projects etc because of being ‘officially an RE’. I had bad experiences at DM that were ostensibly related to not having a PhD (but could also have been explained by lack of research ability).
I would love to hear actual details of these cases (presumably less publicly); at this level of granularity I can’t tell to what extent this should change my mind (I can imagine worlds consistent with both your statements and mine).