Ulfgardleo t1_irg3wty wrote on October 7, 2022 at 8:55 PM

Reply to comment by csreid in [D] Giving Up on Staying Up to Date and Splitting the Field by beezlebub33

"This is a fairly new model and I do not know the details. If you seriously consider this, I can read up on the most recent work and then we have a meeting next week and discuss whether and how it could help us".

The awesome thing about solid basics is that you can do exactly this.

csreid t1_irjtm3b wrote on October 8, 2022 at 8:05 PM

But this bit:

>"This is a fairly new model and I do not know the details"

is hard! I understand having anxiety about being The ML Guy and not being able to immediately answer questions.

Ulfgardleo t1_irm2bsq wrote on October 9, 2022 at 8:27 AM

yes. I think at this point it is important to realize that in the exact moment you got hired by a company, your role changed.

You were the guy with a PhD straight from university who did top-notch research. Now, you are the guy hired to make this project work.

If your job description does not include "active research" or "follow the most recent advances in ML research" then it is not your job to know what is up - especially if it is an advancement in a subfield of ML your project is not actively interested in.