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Computer Scientist at Caltech - Anonymous employee Caltech (California) Employee Review

4.0
Sep 1, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Staff at Caltech have a large degree of freedom to create and work on innovative projects. Collaboration among the various disciplines is also a great plus.

Cons

The faculty can be difficult to deal with because they tend to be very abstract in their though processes and often communicate poorly.

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5.0
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Pros

Great environment, lots of interesting talks going on every day

Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Experience depends on Department and Professor. HSS is supportive of their employees, some great admins. Career development programs and other educational opportunities. Lots of brilliant researchers. Grad student and postdoc union.

Cons

The university is no longer supportive of HSS. Salary is typical for this position, which is bad. Departments are somewhat siloed, not so much collaboration. Federal funding cuts are having bad effects on operations and research.

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