Udacity Deep Learning nanodegree
Is it worth the time and the money ? Anyone completed it and wants to share impressions ? Do employers even give a fuck about it ? Most job ads ask for Ms or PhD for deep learning jobs. They say it takes about 4 months to complete at an average of 12-15h/week, $399/month.
Don't do it. I did some of those online thingies, no one gives a shit.
If you use to learn and then implement some stuff at.work.so you can pad your resume it will.probably be.more helpful than the actual credential.
I did the bank degree... Crap. Waste of time
The Cert won't matter to anyone, but if you're interested in learning the tech it's a really good course for getting a solid foundation.
As a SWE, the goal would be to be able to be considered for a Deep Learning job, not just to learn for fun. So skills acquisiton is a must but would such a degree even put me on the radar if I only have a Bachelor in CS ?
No
As others said - use it for your learning and then find a use in your job to apply it. Just certificate won’t give you much
I don't recommend Udacity if you are intermediate or advanced user. Try Coursera courses for free and pay if you'd like to do hands-on projects. I don't think certificate will be helpful in getting ML job. Building GitHub profile and showing ML talent will help.
big tech usually won't care, but it's probably a good learning experience for yourself. you can do deep learning if you join the company at an eng position, prove yourself and transfer internally.
How would you prove yourself and transfer internally at Google ? Do you still have the 20% of the time to work on your own thing ? That could be an opportunity.
I did exactly that actually. joined on a frontend team 5 years ago, switched to ranking within the broader team and 2 months ago, switched to an ML team. but everyone will have different paths, etc. for what it's worth, it's nowhere near as fun as I thought it would be, so make sure you really like it before jumping in.