“There will be $25,000 in prizes, and we’ll be flying the top researchers to the NeurIPS Conference in December, as well as allowing the winners to interview with our team.”
I guess it’s a decent opportunity if you’re trying to break into DL?
I guess it’s a decent opportunity if you’re trying to break into DL?
I unofficially got first place after finding a bug in their test set (allowing me to blow the competition away). I reported the problem directly - they decided not to fix it and asked me to take my submission down. They said they'd still offer an interview.
However - this interview wasn't even for their DL team. They offered an interview with the web tools support team because they felt I didn't have enough experience...
Reference - https://github.com/bearpelican/lyft-perception-challenge
Imagine if it was a bug in their app leaking millions of users data and they go "We do not fix it. You can only use Uber now" "Also, come for an interview if you want to fix our web tools instead"
This was pretentious AF. People who win such competitions _allow companies_ to interview them sometimes, not the other way around. It's not like working at Lyft is some amazing privilege.
You might not think that working at Lyft is an amazing privilege, but it could be a good gig for someone that needs a paycheck and is looking for a job in the self-driving field.