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0 pointsjoconde4y ago0 comments

> If you are that smart to have a background in bio, and land the jobs that he did, your career would look very different.

Is that really so impressive? Bio people do a lot of coding, and good dev practices can be learned on the job. ML is probably also something he played with during his studies. Full stack + some ML experience is probably enough for a junior ML engineer.

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ActorNightly4y ago

Sure but then having those jobs for 3 months at a time still looks shady

jocondeOP4y ago

During his studies and very early career? That's completely normal and I don't understand why more people don't do it.

Studies don't give you any idea of what a job is actually like. They also don't give you a reliable indication that you'll like a field. Choosing bio out of high school, then moving to CS for any reason, then trying a few jobs using these skills is a normal and healthy way of searching for a job he really likes.

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