Depends on how you define the market. I think ML is still too much a pie in the sky research topic for a job, but it's in huge "demand" as a startup founder i.

Depends on how you define the market. I think ML is still too much a pie in the sky research topic for a job, but it's in huge "demand" as a startup founder i.e. If you can actually do ML, you're much more valuable as a startup founder than looking for a 9-5 job, unless it happens to be at say, Google. My guess is it'll be another decade before ML and statistics become seriously sought after in "normal" corporate programming.