Becoming a Research Engineer at a Big LLM Lab
[ back ] Max Mynter, 09/25/2025 7974 Words, 39 Minutes Becoming a Research Engineer at a Big LLM Lab -- 18 Months of Strategic Career Development Note: This is also published on Substack (where you can give me your mail if you want emails whenever I publish something). A couple of days ago, I signed as a research engineer with Mistral, one of the few ML foundation model labs with more than a billion-dollar funding. My excitement on Twitter found quite some resonance — partly in the form of questions for advice.
- ▪[ back ] Max Mynter, 09/25/2025 7974 Words, 39 Minutes Becoming a Research Engineer at a Big LLM Lab -- 18 Months of Strategic Career Development Note: This is also published on Substack (where you can give me your mail if you want emails w
- ▪A couple of days ago, I signed as a research engineer with Mistral, one of the few ML foundation model labs with more than a billion-dollar funding.
- ▪My excitement on Twitter found quite some resonance — partly in the form of questions for advice.
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[ back ] Max Mynter, 09/25/2025 7974 Words, 39 Minutes Becoming a Research Engineer at a Big LLM Lab -- 18 Months of Strategic Career Development Note: This is also published on Substack (where you can give me your mail if you want emails whenever I publish something). A couple of days ago, I signed as a research engineer with Mistral, one of the few ML foundation model labs with more than a billion-dollar funding. My excitement on Twitter found quite some resonance — partly in the form of questions for advice. Getting here was not an accident. I have strategically worked towards this outcome for an extended period, and I have a few things to share about what worked for me.
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