Hi friends, I'm a PhD Candidate in chemical engineering, expecting to graduate in the next 9 months, and I'm looking to explore career opportunities (internship or FT) in the bay. I don't have much industry experience but I'm hard working and willing to learn. I have good quantitative and experiment design skills (but not ML, which I'm currently learning). I don't necessarily want a chemical engineering job as I'm interested in tech and startups tool. Is there any advice you can share? I'd sincerely appreciate any tips. tc: 20k
That's true. You have a PhD, so you automatically qualify for data modeling jobs, such research scientists and data scientist. You should be knowing statistical machine, basic stats, probability, really well and deep learning basics are enough. Then algorithms and data structures practice from leetcode as much as you could. If you are dedicated getting a 130k base isn't a big deal in bay area. If you're not confident to prepare know you own. Apply for insight data science programs which you feel comfortable with. It's free and they help you to transition from academic to industry.
Thank you. This is really helpful
Nothing worth blinds time.
What do you mean?
Same thing everyone else needs - leetcode and some design. Shouldnt be too hard discussing code you've written if the need arises.
The fact is that none of your current skills matter. The tech industry has pretty much been manipulated into a “practice yourself to death on Leetcode, and land a job in FAANG” type of deal. And guess what, you probably won’t use most of them in your daily work.
Is leetcode where people also practice for data science roles (besides the obvious, programming)?