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Foreigners who went to grad school are very heavily represented in Silicon Valley. Perhaps going all the way for a PhD is not worth it (debatable, some of my CS
by surfmike 9y ago
Foreigners who went to grad school are very heavily represented in Silicon Valley. Perhaps going all the way for a PhD is not worth it (debatable, some of my CS PhD friends have done incredibly well) but a Masters is definitely a strong path to success.
- khuey 9y agoThe extra H1-B spots for advanced degree holders may have something to do with that.
- tomaha 9y agoOr the $500k+ you can earn. Most of the people in that region have at least a masters degree and likely more.
- delphinius81 9y agoIf you focus on computer vision / machine learning at least
- jonathankoren 9y agoThe vast majority of these people are not pulling home $500k per year salaries, or even total comp.
- enraged_camel 9y agoOutside of a few very specific fields, I have trouble believing that a Master's degree will result in $500k+ salaries. But if you have data, I'd love to see it.
- tanilama 9y agoNot true. Average programmer salary for foreigner is more like 100K, which is pretty good already