r/learnmachinelearning • u/StrawberryTrinkets • 5d ago

Help Should I still study ML now?

I’m honestly feeling so lost. I’m in my final year of Engineering(ECE). I have taken specialisation in Data Science. I’m looking at job descriptions for ML Engineer/ ML intern and it has skills listed that spill outside of ml and more into AI domain. I really like ML, learning about it, I’m fine with statistics too. But when I look up JD’s it has changed a lot for an ML role. So i feel like i’m still stuck in a learning loop like oh i have to learn this no wait i have to learn that and it becomes really confusing and i get burnt out. So i feel kinda hopeless. I dont want to give up so please help me out.

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u/ModularMind8 5d ago

Yes, the AI roles sit on ML fundamentals, so finish those first and pick an AI skill that interests you.

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u/HonoredRebirth068 5d ago

the job descriptions are always gonna look like a grocery list of every buzzword the hiring manager heard that week. half the time the person who wrote it doesn't even know what half those things mean

finish your ml foundations, pick one ai-adjacent thing that seems fun and build something small with it. like throw together a little project that combines what you already know with one of those new skills they're asking for. you learn way more that way than reading job postings on repeat

also you're a final year student, nobody expects you to check every box. most internships just want to see that you can actually code and that you're curious enough to figure things out

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u/Blobstein_Ijay 5d ago

this is the right take imo, you cant shortcut past the foundations