I would wager Waymo fails to integrate in NYC. Austin, and SF are child’s play.

I think there is probably title deflation going on. Yes, every engineer working at a FAANG is well-paid, and the H1Bs are no exception. But my feeling is they're probably at least a level lower than they would be if they didn't have the captive visa. And this only reinforces that they're all great workers.

Athletics + Test cheating:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Blues_scandal

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-12-01/...

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2019/03/admission-case-inf...

This is very eye opening. As a geek with strong academic background always felt cheated by the system.

My professor explained that academics alone is not enough for success in life. He explained that some of the smartest engineers report to average business majors in companies. And he explained that that I cannot get any scholarships with perfect GPA while my roommate, a B student, has scholarships because he plays basketball and will likely get in leadership role in early on. That is good for the university as their graduates are seen as more successful.

It was a hard thing to listen to but I accepted it. I wish he told me the truth though.

I stopped writing as much code because of RSI and carpal tunnel but Claude has given me a way to program without pain (perhaps an order of magnitude less pain). As much as I was wanting to reject it, I literally am going to need it to continue my career.

they are executive roles in the sense that you are required to profitably allocate a scarce perishable resource (gpu time) way more expensive than any regular engineer’s time.

Are you aware of the terms of such offers?

I suppose those $100M are spread across years and potentially contingent upon achieving certain milestones.