I don't know about fake jobs, but as a ML Engineer looking, my experience has been appalling, despite all the AI/ML hype. I'm tempted to write a blog post about it, but the highlights are:
* More than half of recruiters ghosted me at different stages of the process.
* Many companies are unreasonably strict with their requirements, asking for x years of experience in their exact tech stack as a deal breaker.
* Pay is much lower than my current company even for more senior roles.
* Some positions are just ridiculous. One of them asked for a ML Engineer with experience in React to maintain a website. Another was completely unable to answer what their business do or what the responsibilities of the role are.
Overall a far cry of the narrative of ML Engineers fending off recruiters who throw wads of cash trying to recruit them.
* More than half of recruiters ghosted me at different stages of the process.
* Many companies are unreasonably strict with their requirements, asking for x years of experience in their exact tech stack as a deal breaker.
* Pay is much lower than my current company even for more senior roles.
* Some positions are just ridiculous. One of them asked for a ML Engineer with experience in React to maintain a website. Another was completely unable to answer what their business do or what the responsibilities of the role are.
Overall a far cry of the narrative of ML Engineers fending off recruiters who throw wads of cash trying to recruit them.