How’s the job market for data science looking these days?
Not for recently graduated students. Have 4-5 years of solid experience and Ivy League undergrad and phd. How has everyone here’s experience been with interviews? Have they gotten harder/easier? I’m happy now but thinking of moving for a new challenge. Trying to survey before starting the process. YOE - 5 TC - 250k
There's certainly more supply in the market than demand. So companies are kinda picky. Expect to not hear back from companies even if you think you did well, because someone else did better.
Do you have 4-5 years of experience and Ivy League and PhD? Is that what you mean?
Yeah. Basically for a non new grad candidate
bordddddd, do you work in data science domain at msft? I am also looking specifically for msft openings. Can I dm you for some questions?
Why would Microsoft want to hire someone who doesn't understand how threaded conversations work?
Research DS roles are out there but you need a lot of experience. I have a similar background and I’ve found more use in putting things together to solve actual business problems. Building the next generative model is great for companies that are devoted to it but you have to ask yourself how many positions are necessary to fulfill that. It’s well paid but there aren’t that many. Where there is a need is people who can build ML models, do data engineering, and can integrate generative AI to solve real problems. This means not only the technical expertise but also the domain knowledge to make smart decisions about if and when to integrate said solution. IMO, the math and stats only carries you so far. You have to know how to problem solve and actually know what data you need to solve it.
Can't believe the spectrum has shifted so drastically from transformers to genAI heavy! Time to grind.
It is pretty bad right now. I get a few recruiter messages every month but there is little progress. Right now companies have the upper hand and get the pick among multiple qualified candidates. I am currently two interviews deep into a role that is an exact replica of what I am currently doing. My guess is someone will shortlist your role for recommendation systems only if you are doing just that in your current role.
Hey could you please share your experience if it is heavily leaning on LLMs only? Or otherwise as well? Happy to dm. Thanks
It’s purely in anomaly and fraud detection - stuff I have been doing for a while.
Am feeling drained trying for openings. Can anyone refer me
I feel most DS job openings are just there for show and compliance. Intuit has the same listing up for months now and I’m surprised the role isn’t filled with so much supply in the market. Also some roles are for visa purposes , HR has to show that they couldn’t find a qualified candidate so they have to keep a H1B around.
It’s tough getting calls in this market
Bad, unless you know LLMs
Really? Is it that AI heavy?
Can you elaborate a little about what exactly knowing about LLM? I'm pretty sure it's not about jusg usage/prompt engineering. But don't know, the levelnof knowledge is expected about it.