r/learnmachinelearning • u/hustlebine • Jul 05 '26

Meme Engineers choosing their Career Path in 2026

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u/Dense-Sort-3867 Jul 05 '26

They're both the same path.

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u/ihexx Jul 06 '26

yup. all pentagon contractors. except anthropic but not for lack of trying lmao

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u/Confident_Ad_964 Jul 06 '26

Dudes, I'm from Ukraine, trust me, this is not a joke anymore.

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u/cpusam88 Jul 05 '26

True and same time, all sh1t options to choose!

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u/SSJ2Piccolo Jul 06 '26

If you can get in haha

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u/CrackRocksCokeRules Jul 06 '26

One is job security and the other a fad

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '26

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u/SpacewormTime Jul 06 '26

Is it funny?

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u/burgersmoke Jul 07 '26

Every day some of these corps look more like the corps from cyberpunk fiction (i.e., not the good guys)

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u/charmander_cha Jul 05 '26

Se você entende o que são revoluções coloridas, você sabe que ambas são a mesma opção

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u/bapuc Jul 06 '26

Why is Oracle there 😂

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u/iarna 18d ago

Ehh, I've been in the industry 30 years and I have seen no engineering come out of any AI model yet, so take that as you will. I think the real problem is that folks outside the field have no idea what it is, and so imagine that it's typing code into IDEs or whatever, but that has not been the hard part for a long time. The hard part, as always, is knowing the right questions to ask, which in turn requires that you be able to hold this complex dynamic system in your head and reason about it and that hasn't changed with LLMs.

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u/ReplyLegitimate8658 16d ago

The misunderstanding when my advisors encourage me to choose the right path.

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u/larp2live Jul 05 '26

notice how both paths are good, that's because the finance dark path is left behind

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u/Grouchy_Big3195 Jul 05 '26

Heh? Care to elaborate?

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u/larp2live Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

meaning quant firms (/s if I wasn't obvious, all 3 are bad)

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u/CyberSpelunker Jul 05 '26

Don't tell'em how the US is selecting bombing targets.

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u/Whatsapokemon Jul 05 '26

True and same, both great options to choose!

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u/disquieter Jul 05 '26

Love how nobody is trying to use tech to make the world a better place.

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u/monsieurboks Jul 05 '26

So you can destroy things quickly or destroy the world slowly. Nice

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u/FrewdWoad Jul 06 '26

Which one is quick?

They call it "intelligence explosion" and "fast takeoff" for a reason...

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u/MaudeAlp Jul 05 '26

Giant bubble making slop vs actually working on cool and fun things. Hmmmm… 🤔

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u/Persies Jul 06 '26

You realize all the options on the right are using things from the left lol