[mathisfun123]

> rarely have had the desire to leave.

I'm currently a GPU compiler engineer in FAANG specializing in compute (not graphics). So clearly ML systems. Prior I have worked at every level of stack above and during my PhD I worked below (RTL). I hate it and think about leaving every day (I stay because of the money and like wtf else am I gonna do lol).

[saagarjha]

Are you willing to take a pay cut?

[mathisfun123]

No? Why would I? Like to what end?

[saagarjha]

> I hate it and think about leaving every day

[mathisfun123]

most people hate their jobs; some people are just lucky enough that their jobs compensate them well enough for the emotional labor as well as the physical labor. also i have worked other SWE jobs (as already mentioned) and i've hated them all.

[saagarjha]

You can also not hate your job and be paid fairly well for it

[mathisfun123]

Didn't I just tell you that I've hated every swe job I've had? Are you proposing I become a baker or what?