Doing a non-CS PhD, want to get hired in AI. What are my chances? I have extensive experience with local LLMs: running, serving, quantization, finetuning, building web apps based on LLMs, structured output using JSON and grammars, etc.

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I'm doing a Ph.D. in quantitative marketing at the business school of a university with great ranking. The university is especially famous for its ML research. My own research is about Large Language Models (LLMs), human-AI interaction, and economics of AI (game theory analysis). I'll graduate in May and was wondering, do you think I have a chance finding a job in AI-related positions? I'm mostly interested in research positions but am also open to more practical ones as I have made LLM-powered websites and tools in the past. I've self-learnt lots of CS topics and recently created a Lisp-like language as part of my research on LLMs. If you need additional info, I'm willing to share. Thank you in advance!

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NewspaperSea9851@reddit

Hey, can you shoot me a dm with your resume? We're hiring for an applied researcher :)

Party_Opening_859@reddit

Your background sounds super interesting! With your experience in LLMs and human-AI interaction, I think you have a solid chance in AI roles, especially research positions. Tools like GPTZero and Copyleaks are great for detecting AI-generated content which is super relevant now. Also, AIDetectPlus can help humanize your AI work, making it more appealing to employers. Have you considered which companies or sectors you're most interested in? Good luck with your job search! If you need any help, feel free to DM me.

Truelikegiroux@reddit

What country are you in? We’re in our typical end of year hiring freeze but there’s a team at my company which potentially be right up your alley. What languages do you know?

nderstand2grow@reddit (OP)

Thank you. I'm in the US and am most proficient in Python (I use Pydantic for structured output generation) but I've also worked with Haskell, Lisp, Julia, Matlab, etc.

Let me follow back in a few weeks and see what roles have opened up on our AI engineering or DS team. I’ll DM you if anything jumps out that might be applicable

thank you so much!

Absolutely, can’t promise anything but I’ll keep an eye on it in the new year and will let you know if anything comes up!

Sure, that would be great! Happy new year btw!

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Doing a non-CS PhD, want to get hired in AI. What are my chances? I have extensive experience with local LLMs: running, serving, quantization, finetuning, building web apps based on LLMs, structured output using JSON and grammars, etc.

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