Why would you want to? There's a huge glut of ML engineers.
I was under the impression that ML engineering jobs paid more than the typical software engineering role. Is that not true any more?
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#12I'm going to suggest not reading books or taking courses. Things are moving so fast, the concepts of RAG as one example, that any coursework being prepared is going to be out of date quickly. I do recommend reading academic papers coming out on AI/ML topics, however. There are some really interesting things happening in and around vector storage of documents that will be impactful for years to come. Past that, build…
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#13Why?
Re: Ask HN: How to Transition from Software Engineer to AI/ML Engineer
#14# Books I've liked that are approachable: - [The Elements of Statistical Learning]( https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-387-84858-7 ) - [The Little Learner: A Straight Line to Deep Learning]( https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546379/the-little-learner/ ) - [The StatQuest Illustrated Guide To Machine Learning]( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLM4TLPY ) # Online Videos / Courses - [Karpthy's Zero to Hero]( https://…
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was under the impression that ML engineering jobs paid more than the typical software engineering role. Is that not true any more?
ML skews more senior, so the average is probably higher, but matching seniority there isn't much premium at all.