Can I suggest a longer, but (I think) better route?
Try the Data/ML Engineer route. Instead of going directly into ML, try to work as a “supporter” of those doing ML. There’s a HUGE gap there, specially if you’re a good programmer.
There are a lot of people in the “pure” ML space, people with science background, with phDs, etc.
But there’s not enough people to support them: taking their models to producing, building their pipelines, etc.
If you get into Data/ML engineer, you’ll be working with these people and learning from them.
It’s a longer route for sure, but I think it can yield the highest success rate.
Try the Data/ML Engineer route. Instead of going directly into ML, try to work as a “supporter” of those doing ML. There’s a HUGE gap there, specially if you’re a good programmer.
There are a lot of people in the “pure” ML space, people with science background, with phDs, etc.
But there’s not enough people to support them: taking their models to producing, building their pipelines, etc.
If you get into Data/ML engineer, you’ll be working with these people and learning from them.
It’s a longer route for sure, but I think it can yield the highest success rate.