years ago, “data scientist” was a PhD-only position at Big Tech, or just an analyst anywhere else
i think the term is now just the latter, and the former is now split between “ML engineer” & “AI researcher”
also, “AI engineer” has emerged and it’s not the same as “ML engineer”, not at all
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ML Engineers are like "chefs perfecting recipes"—they focus on building, training, and optimizing individual models. AI Engineers are like "restaurant managers building the entire experience"—they take those models and integrate them into larger, intelligent systems that solve real-world problems.
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