I totally agree! Especially with your point that we CAN radically change what we do and its really not that difficult to learn new stuff. People are great at le

I totally agree! Especially with your point that we CAN radically change what we do and its really not that difficult to learn new stuff. People are great at learning new stuff. There are more hurdles with convincing other people that you can learn though.. I would love your help on a dilemma - how do you get past the practical hurdles of recruiters and "X years work experience reqd" & background & credentials? Like I have an interest in ML and a very solid understanding & passion for math. I have picked up a bunch on my own and I'm sure i can pick up the rest - its mostly just linear algebra / statistics. But working data scientists tend to be grad students/PhDs and have some credentials to prove they are "academic" (because the rest of us could not possibly be "academic".. LOL). How do I get past that?