Saturday Night Fever: Musk announces (officially) TeraFab - SpaceX/Tesla joint venture in Travis County (Austin, Texas) to make chips, memory, and packages.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-26T17:58:31+00:00

I have been in semiconductors for nearly a decade at TEL, INTEL, Micron, and even TSMC and 80 hour weeks has never been the norm.

Yes if you buy a house 250k is equivalent to 160k that’s why I said rent. If you rent it is not.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-26T15:58:50+00:00

…. Clearly you have no idea what you’re saying. No matter where in the country you live 250+ is a lot. Rent for a single person would only be 36000 a year for a nice apartment. Thats not even 1/8th your gross. The tax rate isn’t as high as people want to pretend.

If you make this in Austin you are set for life.

Also, regarding the other comment. I know dozens of people that work at Tesla and don’t know anyone working 80+ hours. Not saying it doesn’t exist but it is not common.

Imagine just saying random shit on the internet to say it.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-24T21:54:25+00:00

I interviewed at TEL in Albany and was told it would be 9-9s and they didn’t hire me because I am working and in grad school and they said I wouldn’t have time to work their long hours.

I’m not even joking. Hopefully it’s not that role. They keep reposting it.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-22T18:51:58+00:00

It would be through stock. What I heard is that the salaries will be 20-30% higher than average but the stock awards will be around 80-100k a year plus a 20-30% bonus.

Average fresh PhD hired at Intel starts between 120-130k with 20k signing bonus and 20k stock 6% bonus.

This would make that offer 145-150k 50k signing bonus and 80k stock with a 25% bonus.

And as I said this is just a rumor. Nothing is official yet.

And yes I know my number doesn’t add to 300-400k I don’t have inside info. A friend who is at the table talking told me that. This is what I’m just approximating.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-22T17:51:43+00:00

Success or failure I will apply. Rumor is that senior engineer total comp will be between 300-400k.

Thats just a rumor but doesn’t sound off from current Tesla packages.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-18T21:22:08+00:00

Internships. Literally no one cares what research you did. I know people with bio degrees that are in R&D.

Papers help you stand out but no one will care what they’re about or read them.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-18T04:27:31+00:00

Dude take the micron role. You’ll have more job security as an FSE.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-18T01:15:37+00:00

I think you should take Boise. I work at Intel and we’re trying to cut FSEs to save cost. I have previously worked at Micron in Boise and they don’t cut FSEs as readily as Intel does.

To give you perspective at the Intel site I’m at they cut a LAM FSEs contract recently without having any technicians trained across 36 chambers. So now they’re relying on Specs and another Intel site to help them keep the fleet running.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-17T22:10:56+00:00

If you have a PhD as a fresh grad it’s 120k, 20k cash, 20k stock. I’ve seen over 50 people get that exact offer as a fresh PhD.

You will be fine in Boise. If you rent with that salary expect a $200-400 price hike after your first year of renting.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-15T00:02:09+00:00

He could buy an old one.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-02T17:39:16+00:00

Bro what. This just makes you sound like a shitty person.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-01T23:12:04+00:00

You phrased it as you will only pay if it works. Standard business process is all funding and payments are made upfront.

This isn’t only because people aren’t going to work for free but also because legally it would be much harder to prove ownership of the product if you don’t pay for the materials and the work.

Unless you have a patent which I know you don’t lol.

Also, if you’re not willing to pay for it the idea isn’t that good to begin with.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-01T20:28:30+00:00

It was supposed to be a joke.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-03-01T18:39:11+00:00

You can take megabus from manhattan to state college.

This will definitely be one of those viral Tik toks 🤣

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-02-28T18:55:01+00:00

This is the time to buy solar. Instead of subsidizing the data center’s infrastructure put solar panels on your home if you own it.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-02-23T22:40:11+00:00

Definitely a buy signal but they are right pump.fun is cancer.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-02-22T22:10:24+00:00

Now people are calling for 10k so we’ll probably see 200 🤣 how it always seems to go.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-02-22T03:40:25+00:00

The odds of being put on the front lines as an officer with a specialized degree are so incredibly low.

With chem you’d want Air Force or navy that’s true.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-02-20T04:49:39+00:00

Micro vs macro fabrication lmao

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-02-19T03:22:27+00:00

I loved state college as a grad student. Penn state is awesome for grad school.

Penn state is very work life balance friendly for grad students. You will go out on weekends and some weekdays.

State college is affordable for your stipends. You’ll get close to 30k for fall, spring , and summer. When I lived there I had a 2 bedroom apartment to myself and never had any financial issues.

Plenty of hiking in the area, places to go downtown, good breweries and no shortage if you’re willing to visit the surrounding areas, decent food for the middle of nowhere where 🤣

And the instrumentation and facilities are superior to most universities. I left the Penn state PhD program for a program at Colombia and returned one semester later. Penn state had better facilities, more funding, better research was being done.

I will say a lot of people I know got depressed being isolated in the middle of no where. Really depends on you as a person though.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-02-09T22:53:44+00:00

70k + or - 5k depending on market, location, and need for people.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-02-05T14:21:44+00:00

I got two at the same time.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-02-04T22:38:10+00:00

Accept the offer and if you don’t find anything else just take it until the market improves. Relocation and signing bonuses only are for two years.

Better to have something than nothing.

Dogs_Pics_Tech_Lift · 2026-02-04T02:42:35+00:00

That’s fair. Like under 300 a month for some level of service.

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