This is what vetting for a top tier AI role looks like. $400K compensation

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I'm posting this purely to show y'all what the bar looks like right now for the absolute top tier Applied Al Engineering roles in the Bay Area.

This isn't build a RAG chatbot in 2 hours." This isn't LeetCode.

You pass a brutal online assessment which I did and you get one of these take home fullstack autonomous agent projects build the entire thing perfectly in just 20 days and get flown to SF to get grilled by the CTO. Cropped the logo of the company

And yes the compensation is $400k including stocks and bonuses. $275K base. Scales up steeply to reach 1 million in 2-3 years.

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Just do work for free theory
 
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Just do work for free for a chance to get mad salary theory.
I know, and I have went past loops like these (not for such roles). But I wouldn't do it anymore, these are also for employers to know how willing are candidates to go through, for me any exploitation is exploitation
 
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Try Panna poriya macha
 
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Insane.
 
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I'm posting this purely to show y'all what the bar looks like right now for the absolute top tier Applied Al Engineering roles in the Bay Area.

This isn't build a RAG chatbot in 2 hours." This isn't LeetCode.

You pass a brutal online assessment which I did and you get one of these take home fullstack autonomous agent projects build the entire thing perfectly in just 20 days and get flown to SF to get grilled by the CTO.

And yes the compensation is $400k including stocks and bonuses. $275K base. Scales up steeply to reach 1 million in 2-3 years.

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Should I contact a North Korean regime funding agent with AI experience and split the paysheet? :forcedsmile:
 
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What am I even looking at
 
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I'll explain in laymans terms. You pass a online test which they let you take. they see your resume. They give you 2 insanely hard assignments in AI. Complete it and you get shortlisted and you will be flown to their office in San Francisco California for an interview with the CTO. If you pass that you will be getting paid close to half a million dollars
 
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I feel like the new game is just to invest like crazy in twenties then leave work as soon as possible.

Too much competition, hours, requirements, and so on these days.

Work isn't life and you only need enough money for tasty food and a place to live.

Relationships shouldn't rely on money but looks and vibe or you're just waiting to get cooked.
 
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I'm posting this purely to show y'all what the bar looks like right now for the absolute top tier Applied Al Engineering roles in the Bay Area.

This isn't build a RAG chatbot in 2 hours." This isn't LeetCode.

You pass a brutal online assessment which I did and you get one of these take home fullstack autonomous agent projects build the entire thing perfectly in just 20 days and get flown to SF to get grilled by the CTO. Cropped the logo of the company

And yes the compensation is $400k including stocks and bonuses. $275K base. Scales up steeply to reach 1 million in 2-3 years.

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Gone back to posting good shit again good on ya
 
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I started an AI startup a year ago and failed miserably tho I pitched to ritesh agarwal and kunal shah at an event :feelscry:
 
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I'm posting this purely to show y'all what the bar looks like right now for the absolute top tier Applied Al Engineering roles in the Bay Area.

This isn't build a RAG chatbot in 2 hours." This isn't LeetCode.

You pass a brutal online assessment which I did and you get one of these take home fullstack autonomous agent projects build the entire thing perfectly in just 20 days and get flown to SF to get grilled by the CTO. Cropped the logo of the company

And yes the compensation is $400k including stocks and bonuses. $275K base. Scales up steeply to reach 1 million in 2-3 years.

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ai seems to be where all the money is now
 
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Thanks for sharing, worth saving for future reference
 
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I'll explain in laymans terms. You pass a online test which they let you take. they see your resume. They give you 2 insanely hard assignments in AI. Complete it and you get shortlisted and you will be flown to their office in San Francisco California for an interview with the CTO. If you pass that you will be getting paid close to half a million dollars
Graduate schemes paying 30k have more steps than this, that’s what’s fucked up
 
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I feel like the new game is just to invest like crazy in twenties then leave work as soon as possible.

Too much competition, hours, requirements, and so on these days.

Work isn't life and you only need enough money for tasty food and a place to live.

Relationships shouldn't rely on money but looks and vibe or you're just waiting to get cooked.
This is why passport maxing is a thing

Western women demand constant luxury they are impossible to please and have a bodycount higher than Stalin :lul:

Get a job like what OP said work there 10 years save up and then move to a 3rd world shithole and live like a God and retire or open up some gay corner short or buy up houses and rent and you’ll be clear. Just don’t marry a western or Korean woman I hear they jsut as bad there that’s why Korean men are the most blackpilled
 
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Yeah I have a friend at Anthropic who gets paid ungodly amounts of money. But honestly unless your super passionate about the field as well as talented, money chasing for this line of work is a waste. There are easier ways of making a lot more, but require taking on more risk.
 
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This is why passport maxing is a thing

Western women demand constant luxury they are impossible to please and have a bodycount higher than Stalin :lul:

Get a job like what OP said work there 10 years save up and then move to a 3rd world shithole and live like a God and retire or open up some gay corner short or buy up houses and rent and you’ll be clear. Just don’t marry a western or Korean woman I hear they jsut as bad there that’s why Korean men are the most blackpilled
Why is this nigga @TiktokUser vomit reacting everything
 
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I'm posting this purely to show y'all what the bar looks like right now for the absolute top tier Applied Al Engineering roles in the Bay Area.

This isn't build a RAG chatbot in 2 hours." This isn't LeetCode.

You pass a brutal online assessment which I did and you get one of these take home fullstack autonomous agent projects build the entire thing perfectly in just 20 days and get flown to SF to get grilled by the CTO. Cropped the logo of the company

And yes the compensation is $400k including stocks and bonuses. $275K base. Scales up steeply to reach 1 million in 2-3 years.

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Are you working on your PhD? Seems somewhat necessary if your planning on doing AI research
 
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This is why passport maxing is a thing

Western women demand constant luxury they are impossible to please and have a bodycount higher than Stalin :lul:

Get a job like what OP said work there 10 years save up and then move to a 3rd world shithole and live like a God and retire or open up some gay corner short or buy up houses and rent and you’ll be clear. Just don’t marry a western or Korean woman I hear they jsut as bad there that’s why Korean men are the most blackpilled
Lol I'm dating a Korean girl right now.

We're kinda on the same plane, she thinks work is bullshit outside of the check.

No idea about what lies ahead but I don't plan on ending things.
 
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I vomit react if I disagree
I don’t believe in moving to a third world shithole just for finance or to find some so called “non-corrupted woman.”
 
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Are you working on your PhD? Seems somewhat necessary if your planning on doing AI research
No not PhD. PhD and masters roles is required for AI/ML scientists not applied AI Engineer roles like the ones in OP
 
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This is why passport maxing is a thing

Western women demand constant luxury they are impossible to please and have a bodycount higher than Stalin :lul:

Get a job like what OP said work there 10 years save up and then move to a 3rd world shithole and live like a God and retire or open up some gay corner short or buy up houses and rent and you’ll be clear. Just don’t marry a western or Korean woman I hear they jsut as bad there that’s why Korean men are the most blackpilled

Thing is if you can get a job like that you won’t want to retire because it’s cushy and high status and extremely well paid, you won’t want to kill yourself every day like you would doing something equally as skilled and technical (just not FOTM) on a £40k salary.

The catch-22 of early retirement is only those people with shit compensation and low status jobs want to do it, but cannot due to their lack of means.

Those people with the means, do not have any reason to want to.
 
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I started an AI startup a year ago and failed miserably tho I pitched to ritesh agarwal and kunal shah at an event :feelscry:
Gurruuuuuu 🤣🤣🤙🤙👻
 
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What is the age range of those who apply for these types of positions?
 
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Thing is if you can get a job like that you won’t want to retire because it’s cushy and high status and extremely well paid, you won’t want to kill yourself every day like you would doing something equally as skilled and technical (just not FOTM) on a £40k salary.

The catch-22 of early retirement is only those people with shit compensation and low status jobs want to do it, but cannot due to their lack of means.

Those people with the means, do not have any reason to want to.
Sure. But these roles aren't easy cushy jobs that you think they are. You actually do need to be very high iq for day to day tasks in these roles. Just think about it. Why would a company be ready to pay someone this much if their job was easy and replaceable ?
 
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Doesn't sound difficult tho lol
 
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