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Swolnerman t1_izczafd wrote

To what extent is it necessary to get a graduate/post-graduate degree to work on the cutting edge of ML such as this? I’ve been involved in ML for a few years now during my undergraduate degree and have been debating whether or not I want to do a graduate degree or go directly into industry and work my way up

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MetaAI_Official OP t1_izfll3c wrote

As someone without a PhD, I will say I definitely don't think it's necessary to have a graduate degree to work at the cutting edge of ML. Our team contains people with a mix of educational backgrounds working on all aspects of the projects, and the majority of the team do not have PhDs. I don't think there's an optimal choice for everyone, it probably depends on how you learn best and what type of problem you want to work on, but there's certainly a lot of great research being done by people without PhDs within industry! -AL

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Swolnerman t1_izmyk1f wrote

That’s really encouraging to hear! Thank you for the response!

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