3. [R] An Opinionated Guide to Machine Learning Research

[R] An Opinionated Guide to Machine Learning Research

seek advice from experienced researchers on what to work on. There’s no shame in working on ideas suggested by other people.

Lol, I'm a masters student coming from an Elec Eng background and I took a research project in applied ML. I found myself really interested in the theory of ML and so I took a research internship focusing on ML theory. This was my first real exposure to working on a research team as I was basically solo during my masters project. I made it clear during the interview that I'm a beginner looking to broaden my horizons and learn/contribute as much as I can. First week on the internship I get there, obviously nervous as this is all new to me along with imposter syndrome and 0 instructions given, I thought "okay.. maybe I'll just talk to the postdocs on my team and see what they work on specifically" and so I'm talking to one postdoc then this other postdoc (who is a senior) on the team cuts my conversation midway with a very rude and condescending tone and tells me (almost yelling) that I shouldn't be talking with others about their projects and that I need to get my own. So that was a great introduction.

This left a very sour taste in my mouth for talking to others about research and so whenever I see advice like "Talk to others! Discuss research" the first thought I get now is "Yeah right".

Just wanted to share my experience.

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