- Do you understand the material?
- Can you utilize your understanding to build successful models/algorithms?
If the answer is yes to both, do some projects, put them on your github, and update your resume. You might need to take a job at a lower position first, but you can jump from there. But I want to make sure that the answer is "yes" to both and note that it is easy to think you understand something without actually understanding it. Importantly we must recognize that everyone has a different level of sufficient knowledge where they are comfortable saying that they "understand" a topic. One person might say they don't and be more knowledgeable than someone that says they do. But demonstration of the knowledge levels is at least a decent proxy for determining this.
A way I like to gauge someone's understandings of things is by getting them to explain the limitations. This is often less explicitly stated in learning and a deeper understanding is acquired through experience and most importantly, reflection on that experience. This is often an underutilized tactic but it is very effective. If you can't do this, then the good news is that starting now will only accelerate your understanding :)
Understanding the limitations is a complicated thing in tech. You can finnangle most systems into doing mostly anything, as inefficient as that may prove to be.
The question then becomes up to what point is it "a reasonably better than most others" solution. And that's a question of an understanding of a field, not a space in the field.
godelski|11 months ago
A way I like to gauge someone's understandings of things is by getting them to explain the limitations. This is often less explicitly stated in learning and a deeper understanding is acquired through experience and most importantly, reflection on that experience. This is often an underutilized tactic but it is very effective. If you can't do this, then the good news is that starting now will only accelerate your understanding :)
varelaseb|11 months ago
Understanding the limitations is a complicated thing in tech. You can finnangle most systems into doing mostly anything, as inefficient as that may prove to be.
The question then becomes up to what point is it "a reasonably better than most others" solution. And that's a question of an understanding of a field, not a space in the field.
unknown|11 months ago
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CamperBob2|11 months ago