The cold start problem: how to build your machine learning portfolio
Companies want people that can come in and hit the ground running and are self-starters.It is always better to go into the interview, meeting, pitch with projects that are shipped or working to demonstrate.For instance, if you want to get into the game industry, build games.Same with any field, when you create/build you can rise above education, experience and more competitive metrics.Created/functional projects, and especially shipped products, are the best qualifications.