To make a very long story very short, I think you should focus on
trying to get a direct work job while still doing what is needed to
keep your FAANG* options open. Then apply to direct work jobs and
see if you get one. If you don’t, pivot to FAANG.
So it looks like you are suggesting that ALL DIRECT WORK (DW) any
day is better than FAANG type of work, provided you get a job, EVEN if
THE MARKET pool IS has many strong applicants. Is that correct?
I think I can focus on one, either on keeping FAANG open or on DW
opportunities. I am 29, Indian by birth and working in Netherlands
right now. The common route to a Big Bucks FAANG job (hence
California), would require 50k$ in costs and a Master’s degree to get
into the US. And I probably need to start masters in 1-2 years max, if
I hope to be a FAANG guy in US (Guess, feeling). So prepping on this
from “now” on would be option 1.
I don’t think I will make it to Direct work jobs now based on what I
have seen. I would need to work intensely on it separately as well,
depending on what type of job. This would be option 2 provided I know
what to focus on. Focusing on option 1 and 2 I think will be hard at
the same time I think in this case! Thoughts?
Direct work in what? Each seems to need its own separate prep: GR,
AI safety tech researcher, Management positions
How do I compare different opportunities? It circles back again I
think to calculations, examples of values.
On the other hand I could try to COPY YOU.
Get a Data Science Job in the US (by doing a Master’s maybe?)
Be REALLY GREAT at something! Have atleast a Triple Master Rank on Kaggle
(for e.g.,) (2-3 years maybe)
Be involved with EA community (treasurer, research manager-->No idea
how to get there though!)
Build relevant skills for direct work (Not sure what “relevant
skills” mean)
And SOMEHOW IT WILL WORK OUT! (possibly because there is a lot of
overlap between research, Data science?)
Also, while doing a FAANG job, you could still aim to build relevant
skills for direct work and then switch. This is what I did (except I
didn’t work in FAANG specifically).
Can you give 2 examples of relevant skills you built for a particular
direct work? And how you built it?
Also, from what I know, donating $200k/yr while working in FAANG is
possible for the top ~10% of engineers after ~5 years.
Peter please bear with me.
So it looks like you are suggesting that ALL DIRECT WORK (DW) any day is better than FAANG type of work, provided you get a job, EVEN if THE MARKET pool IS has many strong applicants. Is that correct?
I think I can focus on one, either on keeping FAANG open or on DW opportunities. I am 29, Indian by birth and working in Netherlands right now. The common route to a Big Bucks FAANG job (hence California), would require 50k$ in costs and a Master’s degree to get into the US. And I probably need to start masters in 1-2 years max, if I hope to be a FAANG guy in US (Guess, feeling). So prepping on this from “now” on would be option 1.
I don’t think I will make it to Direct work jobs now based on what I have seen. I would need to work intensely on it separately as well, depending on what type of job. This would be option 2 provided I know what to focus on. Focusing on option 1 and 2 I think will be hard at the same time I think in this case! Thoughts?
Direct work in what? Each seems to need its own separate prep: GR, AI safety tech researcher, Management positions
How do I compare different opportunities? It circles back again I think to calculations, examples of values.
On the other hand I could try to COPY YOU.
Get a Data Science Job in the US (by doing a Master’s maybe?)
Be REALLY GREAT at something! Have atleast a Triple Master Rank on Kaggle (for e.g.,) (2-3 years maybe)
Be involved with EA community (treasurer, research manager-->No idea how to get there though!)
Build relevant skills for direct work (Not sure what “relevant skills” mean)
And SOMEHOW IT WILL WORK OUT! (possibly because there is a lot of overlap between research, Data science?)
Can you give 2 examples of relevant skills you built for a particular direct work? And how you built it?
Wow. The Power of ETG at FAANG.