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Ask HN: I'm lost, can you point me in the right direction?

I'm in the middle of switching fields. I graduated two years ago with an undergrad degree in bio, but found myself working on computer vision and machine learning problems (self taught with opencv and scikit learn). I saw the potential of where artificial intelligence is going in healthcare, but I can't seem to find "my people." No one around me seems to really share my view that we can lower error to that of a human or better.

Where do I go from here? I'm lost. I'm working in healthcare, and medical research.

( 4 comments | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: I'm lost, can you point me in the right direction? by tigarcia on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:44PM (#12980150)
There are lots of people that are very passionate about machine learning and artificial intelligence. I would say try to find a meetup group near by (meetup.com). If your area isn't really a tech hub, I'm sure there is a near by University with a computer science department. You could always try to talk to a professor there that is doing similar research.
Re:Ask HN: I'm lost, can you point me in the right direction? by angersock on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:37PM (#12980689)
Get out of healthcare, it's a dead-end field for software and just full of sadness and bullshit. The only place potentially worse is game development, but at least there you have the chance of becoming a great programmer.
Re:Ask HN: I'm lost, can you point me in the right direction? by sharemywin on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:01PM (#12980323)
Re:Ask HN: I'm lost, can you point me in the right direction? by bioboy on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:49PM (#12980796)
I actually applied to Enlitic, they sent me an email saying they had already moved forward with the hiring process with other candidates. That was about a year ago; I should check back...