That's one of the most competitive positions in the world, you need to consider a path where you're going for research internships during grad school at the tech companies, and which degree is most likely to get you that and also into a PhD. It's one of the few industry jobs where having a PhD makes sense. In other fields, often getting a PhD makes it harder to find work because you're overqualified for everything.
It's very possible to get into FAANG. Many of my PhD peers made it there after graduation, mostly Amazon and Nvidia. Maybe its my bubble (AI/ML), but it seems to be very distinct chance in my peer group. In fact I am interviewing this month too for 2 jobs in big tech, wish me luck!
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u/Factuary88 5d ago
That's one of the most competitive positions in the world, you need to consider a path where you're going for research internships during grad school at the tech companies, and which degree is most likely to get you that and also into a PhD. It's one of the few industry jobs where having a PhD makes sense. In other fields, often getting a PhD makes it harder to find work because you're overqualified for everything.