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Re:M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed ... by dubya123 on Monday October 15, 2018 @11:07AM (#18220307)
I don't know what job postings you are seeing but the vast majority of Data Scientist/ML Engineer postings at large tech companies that I've seen explicitly mention Statistics as a requisite skill.
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Re:M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed ... by StreamBright on Monday October 15, 2018 @01:00PM (#18221447)
Sure, and most of time they do not vet the candidate during the interview. Even if they do, they ask basic questions about normal distributions and other basic concepts.
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