[giantg2]

I interviewed for ML positions at my company. I'd imagine it would be more difficult as an external hire.

It seems to me that if you actually want to do interesting stuff like design the models, then they want a PhD or extensive ML experience (I only have a masters in info sci with no ML experience). I could have gotten into a position for cleaning data, helping to train the model, or integration with other systems. I really don't want to be cleaning data or other boring stuff like that, so I didn't take it.