I'm a 28 year old who got an undergraduate degree in physics. Self-taught ML for a few years then got an industry job. Now I work at a materials science start up and make excellent money as an ML Research Lead while doing work I am interested in and passionate about.
I specifically chose to skip the masters/phd so that I could learn while getting paid rather than going further into debt. I'm also having a real time impact on really cool global challenges (we work on carbon reduction to get CO2 out of the atmosphere).
You gotta be ready to keep a good attitude after the 500th rejection tho....
ProteanDreamer t1_j2sv7no wrote
Reply to [D] life advice to relatively late bloomer ML theory researcher. by notyourregularnerd
I'm a 28 year old who got an undergraduate degree in physics. Self-taught ML for a few years then got an industry job. Now I work at a materials science start up and make excellent money as an ML Research Lead while doing work I am interested in and passionate about.
I specifically chose to skip the masters/phd so that I could learn while getting paid rather than going further into debt. I'm also having a real time impact on really cool global challenges (we work on carbon reduction to get CO2 out of the atmosphere).
You gotta be ready to keep a good attitude after the 500th rejection tho....