I'm skeptical nevertheless. In my experience, most programming is very different than r+d, which often does require significant concentrated training or even th

I'm skeptical nevertheless. In my experience, most programming is very different than r+d, which often does require significant concentrated training or even the smartest will spin their wheels. It's hard to describe, but research (which the vast majority of ML remains) is something that even a sound knowledge of fundamentals might not remotely be enough.