[dragon_king]

Really cool and interesting. Looks like deep learning and AI is going to make some significant strides in the tech industry. I read somewhere that there is still a lack of professionals to expedite the adoption in the wild. What additional skills are required by your regular full stack software engineer to be useful for a deep learning company? I know there are courses out there but I am not sure if they are too academic. Are there specific technologies that one should be playing with?

[agibsonccc]

It varies. Sometimes it's just understanding enough about data to build data products. (Eg: a website with a recommendation engine component)

Knowing data visualization can also be useful.

Most deep learning companies focus on a particular application.

FWIW I'm actually self taught. I did client projects and learned machine learning on my own.

You could start by branching in to data engineering and understanding how data pipelines work. That's closer to the skills a full stack developer is likely to have.

[dragon_king]

Very interesting. Thanks for the insight.