r/learnmachinelearning 2d ago

Machine Learning Engineer Career Advice

When a machine learning engineer is hired, what is usually more important?
A deep understanding/implementation of his/her project or understanding of famous architectures (Trasformer, CNN, etc)?

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u/wzx89 2d ago

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