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(You can skip the first five paragraphs, or even just skip to the questions at the end if you don't feel like reading all of this) Personal background and research struggles Hi, I'm currently a 3rd year ML PhD student at a top CS school and have been struggling with my research direction quite a bit. This has gotten me thinking about my future recently. Given my position, I don't think a faculty job will be an option for me when I graduate, but I think I'd prefer to go into industry anyway. However, I've realized that I don't really have a good sense for what sort of career options I'll have after I graduate. When I began my PhD, I thought that I'd find a few research problems to work on, try to turn them into something publishable and eventually find an interesting niche or specific direction that I could push to turn into my dissertation (I had previous interests and prior work coming in of course, but I wasn't set on necessarily staying in the same topic, and didn't). I knew that I would work on seemingly-good ideas where the experiments would fall flat (or find proofs to be elusive, though I don't work on theory).
Hi all, I'm looking for some unbiased and anonymous advice on navigating a specific situation I'm currently in. Apologies for the long post, and thanks for your help in advance! I have been with a FAANG for the last 6 years or so in different functional roles. I had progressed to a manager role, but hadn't had quite the upward mobility I'd expected of myself when I joined. My last role was particularly difficult and had a ton to navigate in terms of politics, constantly shifting priorities etc. This situation, along with a ton of life changes at home (family illnesses etc. ), led to my performance suffering and me not feeling as motivated anymore. During this, an opportunity came up for me to join a startup team to explore a number of different ideas and pitch for funding at the end of it. I negotiated a sabbatical with the company, and spent 5 months away from my usual job. The only condition they provided was that I had to look for a new role if I chose to come back. The startup world was a great experience, but our funding didn't work out.
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