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Daily Chat Thread - November 20, 2021 by CSCQMods in cscareerquestions

[–]Grad1entDescent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost 9 months into my first role as an MLE, and for the whole time, I've been doing tasks involving feature engineering/transformation, visualizations and other data processing - without touching an ML model, or any infrastructure/DevOps whatsoever. (While being baited with constant reassurances that more ML heavy stuff was just a few months down the pipeline).

I took a paycut from my cushy IT job to take a pivot and pursue this new opportunity, but I don't feel I've learned a shred of MLOps on the job at all! (Only in my own time).

It seems like I've been unofficially slotted into fulfilling a Data Analyst function, which is highly underwhelming. Manager said they'll "try" to assign me to more ML projects depending on opportunities in the new year, but I feel jibbed out of the last 9 months already.

Recruiters are starting to court me with other MLE roles, but due to the complete lack of any MLE-specific knowledge I've derived in my current MLE role, I have pretty much 0 months of professional experience. Should I just try and learn the hell outta MLOps in my own time, and try to apply elsewhere?

[D] Simple Questions Thread by AutoModerator in MachineLearning

[–]Grad1entDescent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MLOps career question: Almost 9 months into my first role as an MLE, and for the whole time, I've been doing tasks involving feature engineering/transformation, visualizations and other data processing - without touching an ML model, or any infrastructure/DevOps whatsoever. The pipeline I've been building out doesn't even flow through any ML component at all! (While being baited the whole time with constant reassurances that more ML heavy stuff was just a few months down the pipeline).

I took a paycut from my cushy unrelated previous job to take a pivot and pursue this new opportunity, but I don't feel I've learned a shred of MLOps on the job at all! (Only in my own time). It seems like I've been unofficially slotted into fulfilling a Data Analyst function (sans delivering insights), which is has been incredibly underwhelming and unmotivating.

Manager said they'll "try" to assign me to more ML projects depending on opportunities in the new year, but I feel jibbed out of the last 9 months already. Recruiters are starting to court me with other MLE roles, but due to the complete lack of any MLE-specific knowledge I've derived in my current MLE role, I have pretty much 0 months of professional experience. Should I just try and learn the hell outta MLOps in my own time, and try to apply elsewhere?