[wegfawefgawefg]

-I dropped out of university because i wasn't allowed to take only compsci and math. 80% of my first two semesters were pointless state required classes so i left. That was 11 years ago. I love programming and I do it first thing in the morning every day for many years now. Deep Reinforcement Learning is a a very approachable field! With less than a year of full time effort somebody that has been coding for years can become an expert. There is no stolen valor here, I can read ML papers and implement their architectures from scratch. I have assisted with undergrad and masters papers. Have met RL experts who consider me to be a peer. They have been very friendly, and mostly just happy to find someone else interested and knowledgeable in the field. My DRL knowledge does not come from work. I have not really found an opportunity to use it professionally. I learned in a cabin in the woods. As for how to effectively communicate that I have this skill in a believable fashion despite not resembling a PHD I do not know.

- That is largely due to other people revising my resume. I admit I don't like the tone. It was very dry and literal before, but a lot of people made me rewrite it in this value-added tone that seems popular nowadays. I did not get employment attention when it was dry before, or with any of the other variants I have tried. This was me succumbing to lots of advice.

- I do not have a career narrative. I struggle to get a jobs and take what I can get, usually small companies looking for a deal on me.

- My wife took that picture. We got married this year. I could change the picture.

It gives me an example of how I am being perceived, but I don't think it will help. I don't think most companies are even reading my resume or linkedin. I suspect my application is getting instantly thrown away.

[ummonk]

Have you asked those RL experts to offer you a job or connect you with someone that is hiring?

[wegfawefgawefg]

Yes of course I have. I always tell them im looking for work lol. They just arent in a position to hire me. I had a meeting four days ago with one, who has a small startup, but very low funds. He said he will check back with me in about a month, theyre doing fundraising now.

Seems to me like nobody has money. A couple of these small companies are telling me theyre hiring over fiver. Remote devs in the Philipines. I've been able to scrounge a few hours of freelance from them here and there, and some ludicrous offers of high equity, and basically no pay.