Wait. As . . . a software developer? Not as a Data Scientist, even though you have experience with ML?
At least as far as I know, Data work is better paid, uses more LessWrong-ish skills, and (crucially) is more of a frontier situation: Software ate the world a while ago, but Data is still chewing, so there’s been much less time for credentialism to seep in.
(I’m from the UK, and it’s been a few years since I did a ‘normal’ jobhunt, so I could be wrong about this as it applies today and on your side of the Atlantic. But even taking that into account, I notice I’m still surprised.)
I would love to be a Data Scientist even more than a software developer but I even more confused about how to find a job as a Data Scientist compared to working as a software developer.
But you make a good point. Maybe I should be aiming to become a Machine Learning Engineer instead.
Wait. As . . . a software developer? Not as a Data Scientist, even though you have experience with ML?
At least as far as I know, Data work is better paid, uses more LessWrong-ish skills, and (crucially) is more of a frontier situation: Software ate the world a while ago, but Data is still chewing, so there’s been much less time for credentialism to seep in.
(I’m from the UK, and it’s been a few years since I did a ‘normal’ jobhunt, so I could be wrong about this as it applies today and on your side of the Atlantic. But even taking that into account, I notice I’m still surprised.)
I would love to be a Data Scientist even more than a software developer but I even more confused about how to find a job as a Data Scientist compared to working as a software developer.
But you make a good point. Maybe I should be aiming to become a Machine Learning Engineer instead.