Ask HN: Is there anyone working in ML who regrets not getting a PhD?

Re:Ask HN: Is there anyone working in ML who regrets not get... by jstx1 on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:41PM (#35097974)

Definitely don't regret it because I'm more interested in the engineering problems around ML rather than research and I don't want to spend that long working on ML anyway. It gets boring after a few years.

If you want to do research, and want to work somewhere prestigious, and plan to do it for a long time, then doing a PhD makes a lot of sense.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there anyone working in ML who regrets not get... by scoobitydoobap on Friday March 10, 2023 @04:03PM (#35101018)

This sums up my experience exactly. I technically work in ML and do build (fairly basic, compared to things like ChatGPT) ML models, but the engineering – specifically as it relates to _data_ engineering – is much more interesting to me.

Additionally, the whole process of building a product around models is, again, much more interesting to me than figuring out the best algorithm to use.

Economics & stats background. Bachelor's only.

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