Rowan Zellers

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Researcher at @openai studying multimodality - vision&language&sound. he/him. https://rowanzellers.com
in Honolulu for #ICML2023, dm if you want to hang out :)

I wrote a blog post on why I decided to join OpenAI instead of academia.

(after I went on the academic & industry job markets, and got offers from both.)

This post (pt2 in a series) took a while ๐Ÿ˜…- hoping my experience helps others make life decisions!

https://rowanzellers.com/blog/rowan-job-search2/

Why I chose OpenAI over academia: reflections on the CS academic and industry job markets (part 2)

At the end of my job search, I did something I totally wasn't expecting. I turned down all my academic job offers and signed the OpenAI offer instead.

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My first post on Mastodon! It's Fall ๐Ÿ‚ -- the season for pumpkins๐ŸŽƒ, cozy beverages โ˜•, and for the academic job market to come into full swing๐Ÿ˜…

I wrote a blog post to share my experience applying last cycle (for both CS academia & industry) -- and to demystify the process.

http://rowanzellers.com/blog/rowan-job-search/

(If there's interest, I'll write a follow-up post about why I changed my mind, and decided to join OpenAI instead ๐Ÿ˜ƒ)

Reflections on the CS academic and industry job markets (part 1)

I went on the Computer Science academic and industry job market last year (2021-2022), and am writing this post to share a bit about my experience to other applicants. I received so much help along the way, so I wanted to pay some of that forward.

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