I don't have an academic degree. @ilyasut has a PhD (though dropped out of high school!). We do not select on the basis of academic credentials, but on evidence of exceptional ability.
Ali Tavallaie @AliTavallaie
8 Feb 2021
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will you hire someone experienced in ML and MLops as a team lead but without any academic degree? If you do, I will be happy to apply to you. P.S. I'm not afraid of being rejected in an interview but not having an academic degree, I think it is not a proper cause.

Feb 9, 2021 · 11:12 PM UTC

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I love this. A huge moral boost for a drop-outs like me.
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I am 20yo, from India. I don't have a degree but I am super interested in research done at OpenAI. I have completed the spinning up as a DRL researcher and have a pretty good idea of how DRL works. I taught myself programming and Deep Learning. How can I be part of OpenAI?
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Really inspiring !!
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The problem isn't what you want, It's how your recruiters and interviewers recruit... there is a mismatch there... they tend to judge based on high school level questions that are irrelevant for research to people with demonstrable exceptional skills :)
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the degree requirements are usually inserted by HR. Most people don't have a degree related to their work. And knowledge mostly supersedes a degree.
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You should read this techsavvytipsntricks.blogspo…
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