Career Switcher’s Guide to Your Dream Tech Job, Part 1

On March 31, 2019, I was downsized by a startup hedge fund. Having been a quantitative software developer in the finance industry for the last 10+ years, I didn’t want another job doing more of the same. I set out to follow my passion and find my next job in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Deep Learning (AI/ML/DL). Over the next 6 months, I worked very hard towards that goal. By September 2019, I had multiple ML related on-site interviews and offers, including offers from both Google and Facebook. Here is how I did it, and hopefully, it would encourage and help other potential career switchers to make this transition. Your reward for switching would be two folds, both intellectually and financially.