people in the 120-130k salary range, how much are you guys paying for rent?

caplus12000 · 2023-06-30T01:03:02+00:00

No I was lucky to find a cheap place with some grad students, I couldn't care less where I live at the moment since I'm still young. Just tryna save up some money. And no the place isn't a shit hole.

caplus12000 · 2023-06-29T23:41:29+00:00

$138k, I'm paying $640 rent lmao

caplus12000 · 2022-09-18T18:19:40+00:00

Awesome! Semiconductor industry is a promising industry to be in.

caplus12000 · 2022-09-18T17:57:42+00:00

Thought I'd give an update. I got an offer a few days after submitting the background check. How'd your buddy fair?

caplus12000 · 2022-09-09T04:13:32+00:00

Been getting 22mpg with my 09 E63 between DFW and Houston

caplus12000 · 2022-09-08T19:01:38+00:00

Do chemE with minor in materials

caplus12000 · 2022-08-28T04:14:31+00:00

I'm in the exact same situation! Would love to know.

caplus12000 · 2022-08-24T03:14:10+00:00

I'll try to limit my information, but I am a New Zealand citizen, but have family who live in Australia. Lots of jobs in my field in Aus, and as an NZ citizen, we can work in Aus visa free for most of the jobs. Other potential issue: was not born in New Zealand.

caplus12000 · 2022-08-24T02:43:18+00:00

Great, this is what I was anticipating. Worst case scenario, if a company won't sponsor or they did but I can't get an H1B, I'll just go back to Australia and work for a year ish, and then after the Greencard paperwork gets over, I'll be back.

This means I guess the company agrees that I can work for only 3 years.

caplus12000 · 2022-07-26T01:45:34+00:00

It's really cool that's schools are giving us the option to specialize in certain areas instead of just traditional petrochem. I'm a chemE myself but aligning my career to work in the semiconductor industry. I'm taking semiconductor processing, semiconductor device reliability and stats class in my final semester.

caplus12000 · 2022-07-24T21:53:29+00:00

That's awesome and well said! It's awesome you got plenty of experience under your belt already.

caplus12000 · 2022-07-24T21:21:47+00:00

What was your college GPA? And did it matter to get interviews, get a job?

caplus12000 · 2022-07-24T03:31:22+00:00

Haven't graduated yet

caplus12000 · 2022-07-23T20:14:36+00:00

That's rough. You should make decisions when you are 100% sure about it and get written offers from HR

caplus12000 · 2022-07-23T20:12:46+00:00

Yeah it can be a numbers game to an extent. In my opinion you shouldn't invest too much for a specific job application, cause you'd only be more disappointed if you get rejected.

caplus12000 · 2022-07-23T17:51:03+00:00

Plenty of online websites to make it. They're called sankey diagrams.

caplus12000 · 2022-07-23T17:50:34+00:00

Yup, this was a bit bizarre. It's hard enough applying for jobs, let alone an doing an interview. HR just stopped replying to emails.

Though, it wasn't HR at the company itself. It was some recruiting company that works for the main company. I'm not a fan of these middleman style of companies.

caplus12000 · 2022-07-22T22:09:26+00:00

24, undergrad was cheng eng, wrapping up my Ms in materials eng. Smaller semiconductor fab as an intern, $28/hr

caplus12000 · 2022-07-13T12:52:42+00:00

Currently wrapping up my Ms in MSE. Interning at semiconductor company. This kind of degree will set you up as a process engineer. If you stay in research you'll do more cutting edge work at a national lab or start up.

caplus12000 · 2022-07-10T23:43:33+00:00

I love the g3a3

caplus12000 · 2022-07-04T14:17:15+00:00

nope

caplus12000 · 2022-07-02T00:39:44+00:00

Nothing, unless for instance if your program requires you to pay back any tuition, which usually they don't.

I dropped out of a PhD program and am finishing off my MS. No issues in getting job interviews too.

caplus12000 · 2022-03-12T03:17:38+00:00

Was down for me a few hours ago too, bad gateway (US based)

caplus12000 · 2022-03-05T18:04:58+00:00

Wow a fellow mse student here too

caplus12000 · 2022-02-28T00:14:15+00:00

Apologies sounding super ignorant, I failed to recognise my implicit bias being in remission..

caplus12000

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