I should have been more specific and did not mean to exclude the other 4-5 months in his half year estimate. I meant to say no other background/experience to the position that would qualify the candidate for the role other than fast.ai v3 part 1. I love fast.ai and would still recommend it to all. I just think that the chances for getting into internships in that period, given the difficulties/inefficiencies/biases in the hiring process that even OP has mentioned, are slim.
Re:My story as a self-taught AI researcher
by JamesBarney on Monday January 20, 2020 @07:00PM
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Yeah I don't think it would be easy. I'm not in a data science role, but I do hire for software engineers. And if someone came to me with "Hey I'm trying to be a software engineer. I finished this boot camp 4 months ago, and since then have built these really cool projects. Could I work for you as an intern for the next 6 months to break into the field?" I'd totally say yes.
I don't think the idea is to look for an internship after the course but an additional 4 months of personal projects. After applying state of the art deep learning for 4 months full time you'll have some very cool projects, and you could probably convince some company to take you on as an intern for a certain amount of time.