How to Get a Job at Nvidia and Make Six-Figure Salary

  • Nvidia is hiring for over 1,000 roles in the US, many with six-figure salaries. 
  • Lindsey Duran, VP of recruiting, said she looks for project experience and humility in candidates.
  • The tech company has a reputation for transparency in its hiring process.
  • This article is part of the ‘Careers 2.0’ series, focused on helping job seekers learn more about getting jobs at notable companies.

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Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, is the best recruiter for the tech company.  

“He’s the first one to call a candidate, send an email, whatever’s needed,” said Lindsey Duran, the vice president of recruiting for Nvidia, the largest chipmaker in the US by market value. “He’s a huge advocate of bringing on great talent.” 

Finding new, innovative team members is

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Former BuzzFeed Staffers Struggle to Convert Their Options Into Shares After IPO

  • Digital media company BuzzFeed began trading on Monday, closing down 11%.
  • Former staffers complained of delays and confusion in converting their options into shares.
  • “Covering startups, I’m not surprised to see first-day volatility,” said BuzzFeed News senior tech reporter Katie Notopoulos. 

As BuzzFeed prepared to debut as a publicly traded digital media company, some ex-staffers hoping for a quick payday complained of delays and confusion when seeking to convert their stock options into shares.

Like many startups, BuzzFeed offers stock options as part of employees’ compensation packages, with earlier employees standing to benefit in particular. (Full disclosure: The reporter was an employee of BuzzFeed News from 2017 to 2018 but did not purchase stock options when he left the company.)

Former employees were told by BuzzFeed on December 1 to convert their options via Continental, a third-party transfer agent. The process with Continental takes three to five days,

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Pods Used for Assisted Suicides Can Legally Operate in Switzerland

  • Sarco capsules flood their interior with nitrogen and reduce oxygen to help an individual pass away.
  • Compared to other methods, Sarco provides a peaceful death without using controlled substances, according to Swiss Info.
  • Dr. Philip Nitschke estimates the Sarco capsule should be ready for use in Switzerland in 2022.

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“Sarco” machines – 3D-printed capsules designed for use in assisted suicide – have passed a legal review and can now operate in Switzerland, Swiss Info reported.

Prototyped in the Netherlands by Dr. Philip Nitschke, the coffin-like Sarco capsule should be ready for operation in Switzerland in 2022. While the Swiss assisted-dying sector’s current approach requires the ingestion of liquid sodium pentobarbital, Sarco can provide a peaceful death without using controlled substances, according to

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Omarosa: Trump Doesn’t Care If He Exposed Others to COVID-19

  • Omarosa said there’s “no question” that former President Donald Trump was a White House “superspreader.”
  • The former political aide said that Trump “does not care” if he exposed others to COVID-19.
  • It follows a claim in Mark Meadow’s new memoir that says Trump tested positive days earlier than previously thought.

Omarosa Manigault Newman said Thursday that there was “no question” that former President Donald Trump was the “superspreader” within the White House in the days leading to his positive COVID-19 diagnosis being announced.

And Trump’s former political aide added that she believes he “does not care” if he exposed his staff, Secret Service agents, or any other “essential personnel” to the virus.

Speaking on MSNBC’s “The Choice,” Manigault Newman was discussing the revelation in the former chief of staff Mark Meadow’s new book that Trump tested positive for COVID-19 days before it was public knowledge.

During

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Google Delays Office Return in US, Europe, Middle East, and Africa

  • Google delayed its office return in the US, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa beyond January 10.
  • The move comes in light of the new Omicron coronavirus variant and travel restrictions.
  • The new variant and new restrictions “have triggered global uncertainty,” a Google executive said.

Google says it’s postponing its return-to-office plan for locations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa as the new coronavirus variant and travel restrictions create uncertainty. CNBC reported that the company delayed a return to US offices, too.

Google previously told employees they would be expected in offices January 10 in a new hybrid work format but said it would allow countries and locations to determine their timelines beyond that date depending on local conditions.

In a memo obtained by Insider, Google’s president for the EMEA region, Matt Brittin, told employees on Thursday that the company would postpone that deadline beyond January 10.

“The headline

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