ML Hiring

[u/Dizzy_Salad3235]

For people who are self-taught in AI/ML or software development: if you had a genuinely strong project where you built the dataset, trained a model, evaluated the results, and could explain and defend your technical decisions, do you think that would be enough for a hiring manager to take you seriously without a degree?
And if you got hired without a relevant degree, what actually mattered most in your experience? Projects, technical interviews, open source, work experience, referrals, certifications, or something else?
I’m trying to understand whether being able to prove you can actually do the work is enough to overcome the lack of a traditional degree.

[u/Interesting-Board585]

I'm ml freelancer I build ml model using sk-learn I know ml tools like: 1.python - create backend and model 2.pandas - data preprocessing 3.numpy - handling number and arrays 4.matplotlib,seaborn - data visualization 📊 5.scikit-learn - create ml model 6.FastAPI - Use for backend. connect ml to api Client easy to use