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10年PostDoc待遇

http://emuch.net/html/201010/2461585.html 1.        全美高校博士后待遇相差不大,博士后第一年一般$35000左右。National lab高一些(约$70000/year),我3年前刚毕业来美时, $35000/year (材料学), 我在西南部消费很低的城市,我师妹今年初去纽约大学 $42000/year. 不知道是不是今年博士后工资涨了,但东部消费高很多,特别是房租。 2.        如果可能,来美时最好先了解一下老板的人品,特别是当老板是华人时,我很多朋友抱怨华人老板push很厉害,很累,有时没有周末,几年都不涨工资,还有的抢学生文章。 3.        J1签证前3年不交税,J2家属可以合法打工,H1签证要交税,家属不可以合法打工,如果拖家带口的,税率会很低,基本不怎么交税了【更正:我认识的H1博后是美国毕业的,他要交联邦税。我查了一下,据说从国内过来的H1前3年也免联邦税, 从国内过来的博后J1和H1的税收区别在于H1刚来就要交社会安全税(7.65%, H1一来即被认为是resident),而J1则在第三年才开始交】。所谓benefit主要是指学校给你全家(包括你,配偶和未成年子女)买健康保险。保险费很高,你只需付其中的很少一部分,学校里会付大部分作为benefit。现在主要谈谈J1的收入和福利。 4.        J1第一年和第二年 (身份non-resident alien)只交健康保险费(每年都在涨,2011年单人$590/月, 自己负责$40/月,直接从工资里扣;2个人$1252/月, 自己负责$119/月; 3人及以上家庭,$1626/月, 自己负责$221/月)。除去健康保险费,剩下的都可以拿到手。 5.        值得一提的是牙医保险和健康保险是分开的,保险费主要由个人负责(学校负责很少一部分)。自己负责的费用是$30.98/m (单人), $70.87/m(2个人), $123.12/m (3人及以上)【更正,这个是贵的牙医保险,一般不选这个,还有个比较便宜的牙医保险,只...

Interview

http://ecarmi.org/writing/google-internship/ "I've been working at Microsoft for over 11 years now and have experienced exactly what you described from both sides of the table -- both as an interviewee (when I was first hired) and now as an interviewer. What I am going to share with you is my experience at MS, but I have friends who work at Google, Yahoo and Facebook and they tell me it's the same over there. So these tips will help you navigate through the hiring process at most high tech companies. 1) The first thing you must realize is that the hiring process at most high tech companies is stupid. So don't take it personal. The people interviewing you are nothing but tiny cogs in a big machine. The format/content/duration of the interview is dictated by the people above. The interviewers are selected (some volunteer, others forced) among all the teams in the hiring department, and are rotated on a weekly basis to fill-in interviewer spots. The HR department s...