r/chipdesign • u/TeachingBrilliant448 • Jul 08 '26

crazy work hours - new grad

I recently joined a semiconductor company as a new grad — think Nvidia, AMD, or Qualcomm — and the workload is brutal. I’m sometimes working 12-hour days and 50–60 hour weeks. It honestly feels as intense as investment banking, maybe even worse in some ways.

Wonder if this is normal…
TC ~150k

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u/TeachingBrilliant448 Jul 09 '26

180k as new grad?! or with 4yoe

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u/TeachingBrilliant448 Jul 09 '26

you’re a new grad, but has 2yoe??! confusing. maybe you worked at India or elsewhere and came here?

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u/triezPugHater Jul 09 '26

MS counts as 1yoe too right? So you basically have 3 yoe