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Similarly, I quit a job at a FAANG earlier this year. I had had frustrations there for awhile, and while it wasn't COVID that directly made me quit, I think it
by tombert 5y ago
Similarly, I quit a job at a FAANG earlier this year. I had had frustrations there for awhile, and while it wasn't COVID that directly made me quit, I think it exacerbated my existing problems to a breaking point.
In a sense I'm sort of glad about growing to hate the job as much as I did; it inspired me to finish my bachelors and start the path forward to transition out of software engineering and into CS research.
Granted, this transition is going to take 5-6 years, but it's at least a path forward.
- czbond 5y agoIs there a lot of opportunity in CS research? What roles would that entail?
- tombert 5y ago> Is there a lot of opportunity in CS research? No, I don't think so, and I don't think they pay terribly well. I just got accepted into a PhD program, which will take me 5-6 years to complete, so I'm hoping that will qualify me for the roles that do exist, and get something approaching a decent salary in the process. > What roles would that entail? I would ideally like to work entirely on formalization of algorithms, working primarily within Isabelle or Coq or Agda or something like them. I realize those jobs aren't exactly common, but it's at least a goal to work towards.
- oblio 5y ago> get something approaching a decent salary in the process. You weren't getting a decent salary at a FAANG? :-o
- lostmsu 5y agoHe means that he will still get salary when getting his PhD.
- tombert 5y agoI meant getting a decent salary post-PhD doing research actually.
- tombert 5y agoI was (and am) receiving a good salary as a software engineer. I meant to say that I’m hoping to eventually get a research job with a decent salary