Education: MS in Computer Science
Years of Experience: 4 years Computer Science, 2 years Data Science
Prior Experience: Interned at Exxon, Data Analyst at Vail Resorts, Sr Data Analyst at OMES
Date of the Offer: June 2023
Company: State of Oklahoma
Title/Level: Data Scientist II
Location: Oklahoma City, OK (Hybrid)
Salary: 0
Signing Bonus: 0, it's state government lol
Bonus: Performance-based bonuses 100k-130k
Benefits: 15 paid vacation days (increases every 5 years by 5 days) + 15 paid sick leave days + 11 paid U.S. holidays + State Employee Discounts (cell phone/lodging/air travel/etc) + 100% 401k match up to 7% + covered health/dental/vision (multiple plan offerings)
Other details: Negotiated once, not a ton of negotiation room. Was given a week to accept or decline the offer. For salary, we ended up negotiating at halfway with a written agreemnt to move to 120k in 6 months. They operate on pre-approved state budgets so really hard to negotiate.
