How to become a staff if you are among the big potatos of mathworks in the answer community?

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

Hi Wan Ji,

I'd be happy to refer you to a MathWorks position. I got my referral from someone who observed me answering questions on MATLAB Answers back in 2011 when it first started and I was in grad school and it was a big part of my resume.

[Wan Ji]

Hello Sean de Wolski,

Thank you for refering me and sharing with me your story with MathWorks.

An opportunity to work for mathworks is what I am dreaming of. But I am now still a phd candidate with computational mechanics, and maybe not so suitable for software development. I often use matlab to do my research work. I love using matlab to achieve what I think of and to solve the problems that other people encounter. I will never forget the day when a girl asked me some questions about matlab. Now she is my girl friend.

Yours,

Wan Ji

[Walter Roberson]

@Wan Ji

Mathworks hires more than programmers.

For one thing, they have staff who know about recent research in an area, and have a good grounding on what is important in the topic field, and can guide the programmers in creating new features or new helper applications ("apps") that can make it easier for people involved with the field to do their work.

One of the most important aspects about being a PhD or reseacher, is knowing what to do.

For example, I could say, "Computation Mechanics, eh? Is there a MATLAB-based soil simulation program that includes quantum effects?" and although you might potentially have the skills to program such a thing, is it something that would get used ? If Mathworks were to decide that Computational GeoMechanics was a worthwhile market, then what do people in that topic need to have done? I know there are important computational analysis of concrete ( very important building material!), but how similar would that be to a hypothetical soil simulation that includes quantum effects? Same field, different field?

Sure, it helps to be enough of a programmer to get by to work at Mathworks, but there are positions where knowledge of STEM topic is a lot more important.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Those really ARE staff. Anyone with Staff label actually gets their paychecks from the Mathworks. It's not like someone like me can accumulate enough points and earn the "Staff" badge.

If you want to become staff, see the career center:

https://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/opportunities.html?s_tid=hp_ff_a_careers

[Steven Lord]

Wan Ji,

A contributor to MATLAB Answers who isn't a MathWorks employee can still get recognition and privileges on Answers. As you accumulate reputation points you unlock additional actions you're allowed to do, and if you contribute enough you can get the Rising Star or MVP statuses as described in the Earn Privileges and Top Contributors sections in the help.

With 142 reputation you've already unlocked the privileges to add, edit, and delete tags and products from questions.

Image Analyst,

You could get the Staff status if you wanted to apply. I'd be happy to refer you ;)

[Wan Ji]

Hi, Image Analyst,

Thank you very much for answer!

l see that you are already top 2 on the rank board of reputation point. what a great leap if l can do as well asyou do now.l really admire you, as well as the top one giant, Walter Roberson. By answering a couple ofquestions each day, l believe l will unlock all the actions some day.

Best regards!

Steven Lord,

Thanks for comment. You give me hope for not being a staff in mathworks, I can also obtain some statuses like Rising star or MVP. I am happy to surpass so many of your coleagues on the contributor board. Would you refer me to MathWorks position if I do as well as Image Analyst does?

Wan Ji

[darova]

I feell myself realy STAFF actually

[Image Analyst]

@Wan Ji, they're always hiring, so find a job on the career page and apply for it. You can certainly note your participation in this forum on your resume/CV. Then they'll review your application, along with all the rest of the applications that were submitted, and if you're a top candidate among submissions for that job you'll probably get contacted for a more in-depth interview. Good luck. If it's like my company, you have to apply for a specific job posting -- you can't just apply to the company in general and say you'll take any job whatsoever or expect them to find one for you.