Tech IndustryJun 6, 2019
AmazonfPQC30

MS in Computer Science necessary for transitioning to ML engineer position?

Do you guys thinking a masters degree is absolutely necessary if I eventually want to transition into a more ML engineer/ data scientist role? particularly because i didn’t take enough of the required courses in my undergrad Most of those ML positions, even at Amazon, require a MS at the minimum with specializations in one field and some novel research experience

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Porsche996 Jun 6, 2019

What's your present role?

Amazon fPQC30 OP Jun 6, 2019

SDE

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Porsche996 Jun 7, 2019

Get Dataengineering and climb the ladder.

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bbbbvd Jun 7, 2019

Nope I don’t think so

Lyft n00b0 Jun 7, 2019

Certainly helps but if you have other relevant experience and can talk intelligently about ML that's probably sufficient.

Reddit orlyyy Jun 7, 2019

People love self taught

ARM hpQW77 Jun 7, 2019

No. Most ml engineers I know come from other science areas eg bio, chemistry, math, physics etc