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Realistically I think really high profile research labs will want you to have some published work or for whatever reason know that you are a really talented pro
by orbifold 5y ago
Realistically I think really high profile research labs will want you to have some published work or for whatever reason know that you are a really talented programmer and will hire you as a scientific programmer. I know at least one person that went to an industry research lab after a masters degree, but he had the necessary connections to there and the appropriate exceptional programming skills. Alternatively he could also consider doing an industry PhD, there should be lots of potential opportunities for that.
- purplerabbit 5y agoAppreciate the reply! I have a couple of followup questions… First, what is an industry PhD? And second, do you have any perspective on the state of the field outside of the high-profile labs?
- orbifold 5y agoAt least in Germany (where I am from), but I believe also other places in Europe, it is pretty common to do a PhD that is partially or fully funded by some company. For example Apple, Bosch was looking for ML PhD students at my university. Basically many larger companies, which might not come immediately to mind like Roche, Bosch, Merck, BMW, obscure Sawmill manufacturers, have some interest in Machine Learning. Only for a subset of them I would really call this research and as I said in most cases you either need to be exceptionally talented with connections or you are probably better off having a PhD.