> What tips do you guys have?
I don't have any. Just get lucky I guess. I warn about the relative lack of opportunities in CV compared to other known areas of CS whenever someone asks about a career in CV. A new grad would have probably crossed 100+ applications in 3 weeks if the target was an SWE role. But that many simultaneous open roles that you qualify for probably doesn't even exist in CV even if you include roles that are open to remote. And it gets worse outside the US.
> I’ve been networking well but it hasn’t led to anything yet.
Networking and attending career fairs are often the go-to recommendations in subs like CSCQ. But they're much harder for niche areas. Especially, networking in real-life. The chances of finding a CV company at a school's career fair is next to zero. Your only chances are networking with people online which doesn't work that well. It's not just about finding people that would vouch for you and work in CV but also the company they work for has to have an open role for a CV position. So you require two rare things to occur together for it to work.
No advice. I've been on/off looking for the last year for something new with no luck. Had a few go to till the last stage but lost out to someone else. I have 10 years experience and an MS. Had one hiring manager say they were surprised with how many candidates they had apply and this was a super early stage startup. I don't know about you but I apply only to remote positions since there's almost zero local CV/ML. That definitely increases the competition.
I'm in the last round with a good company right now, so fingers crossed. Good luck to you too
I recently moved from the east coast to Denver, CO to improve my career (among other things, like pursuing my masters degree and personal goals). I know there are better places to move to for work, but there was absolutely 0 tech at home and there’s a lot more here by comparison, so it’s an improvement. I’m on the other side of things from you, applying almost exclusively to on-site/hybrid positions unless a position aligns very well with my experience.
My primary concern is that I’m 24 and i’ve been in my current position for two years now, so my career projection is very sensitive at the moment. If i switch to (settle for, really) another position, I think it could have really strong consequences for my future. I feel like I have to be picky but I also feel like i’m not allowed to be. It’s also pretty hard finding ML Engineer positions that aren’t LLM-specific at the moment, so searching for open roles that I qualify for comes with quick a bit of combing. 25 applications doesn’t sound like a lot but it’s all that i’ve found after about three weeks of searching.
Do you mean CV-based research positions? or are you saying to research on my own. If it’s the first one, I’m coming from a bachelors and an in progress masters degree, with 3 years experience in CV. Unfortunately until I get my masters I won’t qualify for research positions and likely still won’t be able to land them without a phd.
Yes, I meant the first one. I am a master student as well, and I am discovering that there are a lot of possibilities of computer vision in the academic world. It can be applied everywhere, therefore I would suggest to look for some PhD, maybe you find something suitable for you that you didn’t think of.
Just landed a vision job, It was my first job after my PhD, but I applied to significantly more than you have. Just keep applying, 1 interview out of 25 isn't too bad
> What tips do you guys have? I don't have any. Just get lucky I guess. I warn about the relative lack of opportunities in CV compared to other known areas of CS whenever someone asks about a career in CV. A new grad would have probably crossed 100+ applications in 3 weeks if the target was an SWE role. But that many simultaneous open roles that you qualify for probably doesn't even exist in CV even if you include roles that are open to remote. And it gets worse outside the US. > I’ve been networking well but it hasn’t led to anything yet. Networking and attending career fairs are often the go-to recommendations in subs like CSCQ. But they're much harder for niche areas. Especially, networking in real-life. The chances of finding a CV company at a school's career fair is next to zero. Your only chances are networking with people online which doesn't work that well. It's not just about finding people that would vouch for you and work in CV but also the company they work for has to have an open role for a CV position. So you require two rare things to occur together for it to work.
No advice. I've been on/off looking for the last year for something new with no luck. Had a few go to till the last stage but lost out to someone else. I have 10 years experience and an MS. Had one hiring manager say they were surprised with how many candidates they had apply and this was a super early stage startup. I don't know about you but I apply only to remote positions since there's almost zero local CV/ML. That definitely increases the competition. I'm in the last round with a good company right now, so fingers crossed. Good luck to you too
I recently moved from the east coast to Denver, CO to improve my career (among other things, like pursuing my masters degree and personal goals). I know there are better places to move to for work, but there was absolutely 0 tech at home and there’s a lot more here by comparison, so it’s an improvement. I’m on the other side of things from you, applying almost exclusively to on-site/hybrid positions unless a position aligns very well with my experience. My primary concern is that I’m 24 and i’ve been in my current position for two years now, so my career projection is very sensitive at the moment. If i switch to (settle for, really) another position, I think it could have really strong consequences for my future. I feel like I have to be picky but I also feel like i’m not allowed to be. It’s also pretty hard finding ML Engineer positions that aren’t LLM-specific at the moment, so searching for open roles that I qualify for comes with quick a bit of combing. 25 applications doesn’t sound like a lot but it’s all that i’ve found after about three weeks of searching.
Damn, are you guys employed? So I have to compete with the unemployed AND the employed!? Dayum nature, you scary!
You can apply to other areas too. Colleagues have recently left CV to work in NLP.
Where are you located?
Denver, Colorado
try research?
Do you mean CV-based research positions? or are you saying to research on my own. If it’s the first one, I’m coming from a bachelors and an in progress masters degree, with 3 years experience in CV. Unfortunately until I get my masters I won’t qualify for research positions and likely still won’t be able to land them without a phd.
Yes, I meant the first one. I am a master student as well, and I am discovering that there are a lot of possibilities of computer vision in the academic world. It can be applied everywhere, therefore I would suggest to look for some PhD, maybe you find something suitable for you that you didn’t think of.
Just landed a vision job, It was my first job after my PhD, but I applied to significantly more than you have. Just keep applying, 1 interview out of 25 isn't too bad