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Ask HN: Why is the pay rate for these roles at Neuralink so low?
I was looking at jobs at Neuralink out of curiosity.
Partly because I am actually genuinely interested in what kind of clinical roles they might have.
I work in a technical/clinical role, and neurosurgery is one of my key specialties I work in. I suppose it would be like a top dream job to do what I do in for a company like Neuralink that is doing cool new sciencey-stuff… but not for the shitty pay rates I just saw!
I saw the following roles, but they seem to pay so unbelievably poorly:
https://neuralink.com/careers/apply/?gh_jid=5621770003&gh_src=c356a2533us
https://neuralink.com/careers/apply/?gh_jid=5761185003&gh_src=c356a2533us
I’m not from the US so what I was wondering is this the sort of pay rates people in the states get for these kind of jobs? Or is Neuralink just cheapskates?
- MattGaiser 3y agoMedical residents traditionally earn very little money in the USA. They have to wait to become full doctors.
- Quinzel 3y agoThat’s terrible.
- giantg2 3y agoIt seems like this actually pays pretty well for a residency, if I'm reading it right. It looks like it's an hourly pay around $45. At a standard 2000 hrs per year that's $90k. However residents are usually working way more hours than that for a salary of around $70k. Although I could be reading it wrong. The posting is terribly unclear if is an hourly rate or a salary. If it is a salary there is no indication that it is in thousands. If we take it at face value, then it actually would be a salary of just fourth five dollars. That doesn't make sense.
- codingdave 3y agoNeuralink also is not listed as having a residency program: https://www.aans.org/Trainees/Residency-Directory https://www.aans.org/Trainees/Residency-Directory So while I'm not a doctor and could be wrong, isn't that fairly important? Because tacking on the word "Resident" to a job title doesn't make this a residency program.
- giantg2 3y agoGood catch. I didn't notice that.
- starbase 3y ago> your compensation package will include two major components: salary and equity. > Meals provided. Equity and good meals at a startup with deep pockets, vs no equity and cafeteria food at the hospital down the road. Pay's the same.
- logicalmonster 3y agoThere's no right answer, but do you value a short-term or long-term monetary payoff more? If you're content playing a long-game and taking a bet that Neuralink is successful as a company, it might be better for a career to spend some time with a well-known company like that and then cashing in with your next role rather than finding a little better pay at an unknown hospital right now and not having any notable career accomplishments for the rest of your career.
- codingdave 3y agoWhy would you assume that anyone looking at being a neurosurgeon is going to get crap pay at an unknown hospital and never accomplish anything? Even if they did have a terrible career as a surgeon, they'll still make $500K/year, which is far better than what these positions offer.