Submitted by [deleted] t3_12540yp in MachineLearning
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AmbitiousTour t1_je2dmgx wrote
I would take the job and keep learning on your own, specifically TF, more python and the basics of linear algebra. Later, if you want to job hop, learn pytorch.
captglasspac t1_je2ekgh wrote
Are they offering you money? Do you need money to buy stuff? If you answered yes to both of those, then that's all the math you need.
[deleted] OP t1_je2eram wrote
Necessary-Meringue-1 t1_je2g0qi wrote
Data engineering is already a lot of applied ML. Unless this is a research role, you don't necessarily need a whole lot of in-depth ML background knowledge.
They know you don't have an ML background, so they already factored that in.
You don't necessarily need to understand the maths behind things to apply them. Go play around with scikit-learn and numpy/pandas. They are pretty user friendly and give you a good baseline. Tensorflow is a bit rougher, that requires some understanding of how the model works internally. But, it's all things you can learn on the job.
It sounds like this could be a god opportunity for you to get into the field and see if it suits you or not.
[deleted] OP t1_je2g6rr wrote
hellrail t1_je2hg1z wrote
How about you offer to work for half of the payment they offered?
Iffykindofguy t1_je2i3pm wrote
Accept it. Countless people take on jobs they may not be qualified for and do a terrible job. Just take it and do your best to learn on the go and youll be ahead of the curve.
tyranids t1_je2k99d wrote
If you have an offer you’re qualified. It’s not like they’re going to dump you in a cube alone with no guidance and no teammates while expecting you to produce GPT-5 competitor by yourself. Take it and go.
todeedee t1_je2v14i wrote
Oh, you are using Tensorflow -- that basically means you are going to be doing mostly cookie-cutter ML. Tensorflow is extremely rigid regarding customizable workflows. I wouldn't worry too much about your math background -- it'll mostly be software engineering.
aidenr t1_je357dx wrote
Take the Coursera ML class. You’re going to need applied Linear Algebra eventually and that’s easy enough to learn from that course.
[deleted] OP t1_je36gqo wrote
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AmbitiousTour t1_je582qj wrote
I don't know.
Necessary-Meringue-1 t1_je2cy5j wrote
If you've passed the tests and the interviews, you're qualified. If you passed all the interviews and are somehow not qualified, that's on them and not on you.
If you want this job, take it.