Becoming a Research Engineer at a Big LLM Lab - 18 Months of Strategic Job Hunting

https://www.maxmynter.com/pages/blog/jobhunt
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Issue #468
1 Oct 2025
Fascinating retro from a non-CS job candidate who ended up getting a technical job at one of the leading frontier LLM lab. It’s a forensic breakdown of all of the important components of success: mindset, self development, consciously oscillating between tactical and strategic work. This is a great essay for anyone who is on the job search today, or planning out career with a 5 year plan in mind. It’s even a great piece of brainfood for any in-work person looking at achieving goals. A long read, but well worth it. H/T to brainfooder Martyn Redstone for sharing in the online community.