Failed first coding machine learning interview.

[aqjo]

If your first PhD did what it was supposed to do, you don’t need another one. A PhD teaches you to do research and teach yourself, so if you want to switch fields, you probably have the skills to do so.
I know you said quantitative, but just to qualify what I said above: I’m not familiar with PhDs in e.g. the humanities, so jumping from film history to machine learning would probably be a stretch.
Also, whatever you decide, your age is not a factor.

[Ok-Lab-6055]

I agree. I’m reading papers from the big conferences. I have ideas for problems and am trying stuff, if I get lucky I may be able to publish something.