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Discussion on: Do you think a CS degree is a requirement for get a job?

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Andrew Lucker

Strictly speaking: no. But it does significantly improve your chances of getting through the different steps in the hiring process. Also some places do require CS degrees, but they are a minority.

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Muhammad Habib Jawady

What about other positions in machine learning for example ... Does the same rule imply?

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Andrew Lucker

not really sure. I've never been on the hiring side for anything other than "data scientist". That was PHD required.

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Andrew Lucker

reposted from Brandon Rohrer's LinkedIn.

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Daniel

AI is still in the field of "science" rather than "engineering", so the way to find a job right now is to have a PHD in something related. At least in my company, AI people spend more time reading papers than actually building anything useful. ;)

This will change in the next 5 years, as NN and related technologies will become more "mainstream".