I make over $250k as a Meta AI researcher. Publishing research helped me land the job.

Ruiyu Li is a research scientist at Meta. Ruiyu Li Ruiyu Li, a research scientist at Meta, makes over $250k and focuses on AI and machine learning. She said working in eight AI labs in college and grad school allowed her to publish research. Li said she developed a niche by focusing on AI video generation and large-scale AI systems. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ruiyu Li, a 26-year-old AI researcher at Meta, based in Menlo Park. Her identity, employment, and salary…