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Also, not to hijack your question, but is it true that data scientists at FAANG companies earn significantly less in stock than software engineers?

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Not at all, this is the reason I posted this question. Some of us would like a peek into our career prospects :)

Yes, but some Algo and AI researchers earn way way more.

What would an example of one of these people’s background be? And what job title? Individual contributor or director?

“Research Scientist” perhaps, with a PhD from Stanford in NLP would be my best guess, but I have no clue.

you're exactly right. they're top phd's from the very top schools. hand-picked and referred out by professors who have relationships in the pvt sector. that's not to say there aren't guys who don't fit this description, but this is who gets recruited.

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