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Interesting that the pay difference didn't come up at all. I would've thought that would be a big change from Academia to Business.
by hpoe 6y ago
Interesting that the pay difference didn't come up at all. I would've thought that would be a big change from Academia to Business.
- klipt 6y agoIf you have to work somewhere like Silicon Valley, a lot of the pay difference might get eaten by housing.
- moreisdiff 6y agoTo some extent, but as someone who made that transition from 25-40K as a grad student/post-doc to even a modest tech salary in those areas (e.g., 100K), the difference is more than compensated for with rent/mortgages being ~10-20K more expensive. Plus, more and more data teams are now allowing remote work (though, let's see how long that lasts post-2020).
- aqme28 6y agoThe pay difference is pretty staggering, but after a certain threshold it stops being a very good motivator.
- SiempreViernes 6y agoIt's not that surprising: this is a person that went far into astronomy to start with, that's not something you do chasing riches.