It's generally much harder to poo on professions, after you've had to walk in their shoes. Personally, I found that ML consulting gave me a valuable perspectiv

It's generally much harder to poo on professions, after you've had to walk in their shoes. Personally, I found that ML consulting gave me a valuable perspective on this process. So many hats to wear: research & development, lead gen & marketing, sales, support, product management, legal & IP, administrative & taxes. Consulting definitely teaches you humility. You will no longer be "that researcher" who thinks whatever happens after their precious math formula or the 5-line Matlab prototype is "unworthy stuff for code monkeys". Or that engineer who thinks "the suits" are out to ruin your perfect towers of code and logic, with their silly deadlines and requirements...