It depends on the gig. When we hire at Spotify, we look for people who are good at Machine Learning. Can code, design systems well. We get people who are at bo

It depends on the gig. When we hire at Spotify, we look for people who are good at Machine Learning. Can code, design systems well. We get people who are at both ends of the spectrum; prefer hiring people somewhere in the middle. ML at school is very different from ML at work. At work, you have to do a lot of data cleaning; where the C.S. education can help. Furthermore, you need to do be able to think out of the box; pull disparate data sources together. Sometimes even design and pull out specific data.